Annual stock return:

Year Annual Return

2000 -15%

2001 18%

2002 -4%

2003 33%

2004 -25%

Suppose there was a risk-free asset over this five-year period that paid 4% annually. If you invested $100 in Count Inc. stock and $100 in the risk-free asset at the beginning of 2000 and followed a buy and hold strategy over the five-year period, what would be your investments geometric annual return?

A. 1.7%

B. 2.1%

C. 3.8%

D. 4.6%