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a. Compute the average return for each of the assets from 1929 to 1940 (The Great Depression).
b. Compute the variance and standard deviation for each of the assets from 1929 to 1940.
c. Which asset was riskiest during the Great Depression? How does that fit with your intuition?
| Yearly returns from 1929-1940 for the S&P 500, small stocks, corporate bonds, world portfolio, Treasury bills, and inflation (as measured by the CPI). | | | | | | | |
| Year | S&P 500 | Small Stocks | Corp Bonds | World Portfolio | Treasury Bills | CPI | |
| 1929 | -0.08906 | -0.43081 | 0.04320 | -0.07692 | 0.04471 | 0.00585 | |
| 1930 | -0.25256 | -0.44698 | 0.06343 | -0.22574 | 0.02266 | -0.06395 | |
| 1931 | -0.43861 | -0.54676 | -0.02380 | -0.39305 | 0.01153 | -0.09317 | |
| 1932 | -0.08854 | -0.00471 | 0.12199 | 0.03030 | 0.00882 | -0.10274 | |
| 1933 | 0.52880 | 2.16138 | 0.05255 | 0.66449 | 0.00516 | 0.00763 | |
| 1934 | -0.02341 | 0.57195 | 0.09728 | 0.02552 | 0.00265 | 0.01515 | |
| 1935 | 0.47221 | 0.69112 | 0.06860 | 0.22782 | 0.00171 | 0.02985 | |
| 1936 | 0.32796 | 0.70023 | 0.06219 | 0.19283 | 0.00173 | 0.01449 | |
| 1937 | -0.35258 | -0.56131 | 0.02546 | -0.16950 | 0.00267 | 0.02857 | |
| 1938 | 0.33204 | 0.08928 | 0.04357 | 0.05614 | 0.00060 | -0.02778 | |
| 1939 | -0.00914 | 0.04327 | 0.04247 | -0.01441 | 0.00042 | 0.00000 | |
| 1940 | -0.10078 | -0.28063 | 0.04512 | 0.03528 | 0.00037 | 0.00714 | |
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