1. Historical average returns for Large Company Common Stocks, Long Term Government Bonds, and US Treasury Bills for the period 10-year period of 1999 through 2008 are shown in the following table.  Use these data to solve the next several problems.

   Year	Large Common Stock	Long Term Government Bonds	US Treasury Bills
   1999	0.2104	-0.0751	0.0480
   2000	-0.0910	0.1722	0.0598
   2001	-0.1189	0.0551	0.0333
   2002	-0.2210	0.1515	0.0161
   2003	0.2889	0.0201	0.0094
   2004	0.1088	0.0812	0.0114
   2005	0.0491	0.0689	0.0279
   2006	0.1579	0.0028	0.0497
   2007	0.0549	0.1085	0.0452
   2008	-0.3700	0.1424	0.0124

   Calculate the average return for Large Company Common Stocks for the 10-year period.

1. Calculate the average return for Long Term Corporate Bonds for the 10-year period.

1. Calculate the average return for US T-bills for the 10-year period.

1. Calculate the holding period return for Large Company Common Stocks for the 10-year period.

1. Calculate the holding period return for Long Term Corporate Bonds for the 10-year period.

1. Calculate the holding period return for US T-bills for the 10-year period.

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