The table below shows the year open and year closing price of the S&P 500 Stock Index from 2005 to 2020: Year Year Open Year Close Annual Percent Change 2005 $ 1,202.08 $ 1,248.29 2006 $ 1,268.08 $ 1,418.30 2007 $ 1,416.60 $ 1,468.36 2008 $ 1,447.16 $ 903.25 2009 $ 931.80 $ 1,115.10 2010 $ 1,132.99 $ 1,257.64 2011 $ 1,271.87 $ 1,257.60 2012 $ 1,277.06 $ 1,426.19 2013 $ 1,462.42 $ 1,848.36 2014 $ 1,831.98 $ 2,058.90 2015 $ 2,058.20 $ 2,043.94 2016 $ 2,012.66 $ 2,238.83 2017 $ 2,257.83 $ 2,673.61 2018 $ 2,695.81 $ 2,506.85 2019 $ 2,510.03 $ 3,230.78 2020 $ 3,257.85 $ 3,756.07 Find the annual percent change for the S&P 500 from 2005 to 2020; (Put those values in the table above) Compute the mean, median, range, and standard deviation for Annual Percent Change; (Looking at these values, over the long run, is investing in the S&P 500 a profitable investment? Why or why not? Also, the standard deviation is a measure for risk of this investment. Does investing in the S&P 500 have some risk? Why or why not?)

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The table below shows the year open and year closing price of the S&P 500 Stock Index from 2005 to 2020:

Year	Year Open	Year Close	Annual Percent Change
2005	$ 1,202.08	$ 1,248.29
2006	$ 1,268.08	$ 1,418.30
2007	$ 1,416.60	$ 1,468.36
2008	$ 1,447.16	$ 903.25
2009	$ 931.80	$ 1,115.10
2010	$ 1,132.99	$ 1,257.64
2011	$ 1,271.87	$ 1,257.60
2012	$ 1,277.06	$ 1,426.19
2013	$ 1,462.42	$ 1,848.36
2014	$ 1,831.98	$ 2,058.90
2015	$ 2,058.20	$ 2,043.94
2016	$ 2,012.66	$ 2,238.83
2017	$ 2,257.83	$ 2,673.61
2018	$ 2,695.81	$ 2,506.85
2019	$ 2,510.03	$ 3,230.78
2020	$ 3,257.85	$ 3,756.07

Find the annual percent change for the S&P 500 from 2005 to 2020;

(Put those values in the table above)

Compute the mean, median, range, and standard deviation for Annual Percent Change;

(Looking at these values, over the long run, is investing in the S&P 500 a profitable investment? Why or why not? Also, the standard deviation is a measure for risk of this investment. Does investing in the S&P 500 have some risk? Why or why not?)