In 2013, the Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 stock index reached a new all time high in

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In 2013, the Standard & Poor€™s (S&P) 500 stock index reached a new all time high in early April. For the first quarter of 2013, the index was up 10.0%. Here is a histogram of the returns for Money Magazine€™s top 70 for the same period.

Year to Date Return (in %)
a) From the histogram, give a short summary of the distribution (shape, center, spread, unusual features).
b) In general, how did these funds perform compared to the S&P 500?

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