Over the past 4 years, large-company stocks and U.S. Treasury bills have produced the returns stated below. During this period, inflation averaged 1.5 percent. Given this information, the average real rate of return on large-company stocks was ___ percent as compared to _____ percent for Treasury bills. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Return (Large Cap Stocks) 12% 9% 6% 3% Return (U.S. Tsy-bills) 4% 2% 1% 1% Group of answer choices 5.9; -0.5 6.5; -0.5 5.9; 0.5 6.5; 0.5 6.5; 0.0

Over the past 4 years, large-company stocks and U.S. Treasury bills have produced the returns stated below. During this period, inflation averaged 1.5 percent. Given this information, the average real rate of return on large-company stocks was _ percent as compared to ___ percent for Treasury bills. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Return (Large Cap Stocks) 12% 9% 6% 3% Return (U.S. Tsy-bills) 4% 2% 1% 1% Group of answer choices 5.9; -0.5 6.5; -0.5 5.9; 0.5 6.5; 0.5 6.5; 0.0

Entrepreneurial Finance

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Chapter7: Types And Costs Of Financial Capital

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