Over the past 4 years, returs for the IC Company have been: 30%, 0%, -8%, and 0% and returs for the S&P 500 Index have been 17%, 20 %, 7%, 5%. What are the average returns ofIC and the S&P 500 index? What is the correlation between the returns on IC and the S&P500?

Over the past 4 years, returs for the IC Company have been: 30%, 0%, -8%, and 0% and returs for the S&P 500 Index have been 17%, 20 %, 7%, 5%. What are the average returns ofIC and the S&P 500 index? What is the correlation between the returns on IC and the S&P500?

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