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ime Marsh 1 $1010 2 1212 3 1818 4 77 5 1010 a. Calculate the annual rate of return for each year from the above information. b. What is the arithmetic average rate of return earned by investing in Marsh's stock over this period? c. What is the geometric average rate of return earned by investing in Marsh's stock over this period? d. Considering the beginning and ending stock prices for the five-year period are the same, which type of average rate of return (the arithmetic or geometric) better describes the average annual rate of return earned over the period? a. The annual rate of return at the end of year 2 is nothing%. (Round to two decimal places.)
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