Historical returns and standard deviations, $1957-2019$

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$\backslash$hline $\backslash$multicolumn$\{1\}\{$c$|\}\{$ Investment $\}$ & Arithmetic Average Return $(\backslash \%)$ & Standard Deviation $(\backslash \%)\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Canadian common stocks & $10\mathrm{.}05$ & $16\mathrm{.}32\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline U$.$S$.$ common stocks $($Cdn $\backslash$$$)$ & $11\mathrm{.}99$ & $16\mathrm{.}46\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Long bonds & $8\mathrm{.}30$ & $9\mathrm{.}50\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Small stocks & $12\mathrm{.}04$ & $25\mathrm{.}49\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline TSX Venture stocks & $5\mathrm{.}25$ & $40\mathrm{.}40\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Inflation & $3\mathrm{.}65$ & $3\mathrm{.}03\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Treasury bills & $5\mathrm{.}49$ & $3\mathrm{.}91\backslash \backslash$

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Average returns on small stocks and TSX Venture stocks are based on data from $1970-2019$ and $2002-2019,$ respectively.

Sources: Author calculations based on data from Statistics Canada and S$\backslash$&P Dow Jones Indices $($accessed September $30,$

Sources: Author calculations based on data from Statistics Canada and S$\backslash$&P Dow Jones Indices $($accessed September $30,$

$2020)$; and Globe and Mail $($accessed October $2,2020).$

$2020)$; and Globe and Mail $($accessed October $2,2020).$