Due on February $12$th$,2024,$ in class

Note: you can do this homework individually or with your classmates $($the number of students per group $<=3)$

$1.$ Problem #$2\mathrm{.}2,$ textbook, page $41(0\mathrm{.}5$ point$)$

$2.$ Problem # $2\mathrm{.}15,$ page $50(0\mathrm{.}5$ point$)$

$3.$ Problem # $2\mathrm{.}38,$ page $63(0\mathrm{.}5$ point$)$

$4.$ Problem # $2\mathrm{.}59,$ page $74(0\mathrm{.}5$ point$)$

$2\mathrm{.}59$ Using the sample of retirement funds stored in RetirementFunds:

a$.$ Construct a table that tallies market cap, risk, and rating.

b$.$ What conclusions can you reach concerning differences among the funds based on market cap $($small$,$ mid$-$cap, and large$),$ risk $($low$,$ average, and high$),$ and the rating $($one$,$ two, three, four, and five$)?$

c$.$ Construct a table that computes the average three$-$year return for each market cap, risk, and rating.

d$.$ Drill down to examine the large cap funds that are high risk with a rating of three. How many funds are there? What conclusions can you reach about these funds?