(Solving a comprehensive problem) Use the end-of-year stock price data in the popup window, following questions...

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(Solving a comprehensive problem) Use the end-of-year stock price data in the popup window, following questions for the Harris and Pinwheel companies. a. Compute the annual rates of return for each time period and for both firms. to answer the b. Calculate both the arithmetic and the geometric mean rates of return for the entire three-year period using your annual rates of return from part a. (Note: you may assume that neither firm pays any dividends.) c. Compute a three-year rate of return spanning the entire period (i.e., using the ending price for period 1 and ending price for period 4). d. Since the rate of return calculated in part c is a three-year rate of return, convert it to an annual rate of return by using the following equation: Three-Year + Rate of Return ] = { + 3 Annual Rate 1 of Return a. Enter the annual rate of return for each year for Harris in the table below. (Round to two decimal places.) Value of Harris Stock Annual Rate of Return Annual Rate Time 1 $9 2 8 3 10 4 15 Value of Pinwheel Stock of Return $17 % 32 do do % 30 % 25 (Solving a comprehensive problem) Use the end-of-year stock price data in the popup window, following questions for the Harris and Pinwheel companies. a. Compute the annual rates of return for each time period and for both firms. to answer the b. Calculate both the arithmetic and the geometric mean rates of return for the entire three-year period using your annual rates of return from part a. (Note: you may assume that neither firm pays any dividends.) c. Compute a three-year rate of return spanning the entire period (i.e., using the ending price for period 1 and ending price for period 4). d. Since the rate of return calculated in part c is a three-year rate of return, convert it to an annual rate of return by using the following equation: Three-Year + Rate of Return ] = { + 3 Annual Rate 1 of Return a. Enter the annual rate of return for each year for Harris in the table below. (Round to two decimal places.) Value of Harris Stock Annual Rate of Return Annual Rate Time 1 $9 2 8 3 10 4 15 Value of Pinwheel Stock of Return $17 % 32 do do % 30 % 25