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Suppose I hold an asset for two periods. Its return is -20% in the first period and +10% in the second period.
Which is higher, the geometric average return or arithmetic average return?
Geomatric avergae = (-0.20*0.10)^1/2 = -0.14142135623
Arithmatic Average = (-0.20 + 0.10) / 2 = 0.05
Arithematic Average is higher