Investors in mutual funds keep a sharp eye on the total returnon their money. They also are aware of the risk involved in their investment, commonlymeasured by a fund’s volatility (the greater the volatility, the higher the risk). Below is a list of30 mutual funds randomly selected in 1998 from Fortune’s list of stock and bond funds,together with their 5-year total return (%) and risk assessment: Fund Name               TotalReturn      Risk                            MFS EmergingGrowth                       21.5                        20.6                                       Kaufmann                                             19.7                        18.4                                       AIM ConstellationA                            17.6                        18.4                                       WeitzHickory                                       29.9                        19.7                                       OakValue                                             25.6                        13.0                                       Gabelli WestwoodEquity                   23.0                        12.3                                       Nationwide                                           24.3                        12.0                                       FidelityGrowth/Income                      22.6                        13.0                                       StrattonGrowth                                    21.3                        11.8                                       GAM InternationalA                            22.6                        19.9                                       ScudderInternational                         14.3                        13.7                                        . JanusWorldwide                                23.6                        13.7                                       Oppenheimer GlobalA                      19.0                        14.4                                       NewPerspective                                 18.8                        12.1                                       Putnam Europe GrowthA                 22.7                        14.6                                       AIM Balanced A1                                  5.9                        10.8 DelawareA                                           13.6                          8.6 Greenspring                                         14.0                          7.2 Calamos ConvertibleA                      14.3                          9.9 ManagersBond                                   10.3                          5.4 HarborBond                                           7.3                          4.4 NortheastInvestors                               3.6                          5.5 Strong Gov’t.Securities                        7.0                          4.4 Lexington GNMAIncome                   6.9                          3.5 Marshall Gov’t.Income                        5.8                          3.7 Wright U.S.Treasury                             6.3                          7.5 ExcelsiorTax-Exempt                          7.6                          6.7 VanguardMunicipal                             6.5                          5.5 Goldman SachsGlobal                        7.2                          4.1 Capital WorldBond                               5.9                          4.9 Suppose that the question you wish to address using this data iswhether the total return on the investment is affected by the riskof the investment. You also want to know if you can predict thetotal return based on the risk. You will attempt a LinearRegression Analysis Using Microsoft Excel 2010 to help you answerthese questions. |