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(Solving a comprehensive problem) Use the end of year stock price data in the popup window to answer the following questions for the Harris and Pinwheel companies a. Compute the annual rates of return for each time period and for both firms . Calculate both the anthmetic and the geometric moan rates of return for the entire three year period using your annual rates of return from parta (Notes you may assume that neither firm pays any dividends ) c. Compute a three year rate of return spanning the entire period (le, using the ending price for period 1 and ending price for period 4) d. Since the rate of return calculated in partc is a three-year rate of return, convert it to an annual rate of return by using the following equation Three-Year Annual Rate 1+ 1 + Rate of Return of Return e. How is the annual rate of return calculated in part d related to the geometric rate of return? When you are evaluating the performance of an investment that has been held for several years, what type of average rate of return (arithmetic or geometric) should you use? Why? f HC a. Enter the annual rate of return for each year for Harris in the table below. (Round to two decimal places) Value of Annual Rate Value of Annual Rate Time Harris Stock of Return Pinwheel Stock of Return $12 $19 2 7 36 3 13 90 30 17 % 26 1 %

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