Question: Using the spreadsheet information below A. Determine how much a passive investor would have on December 31, 2011 if she invested $10,000 on January 1,

Using the spreadsheet information below

A. Determine how much a passive investor would have on December 31, 2011 if she invested $10,000 on January 1, 2002 in the passive portfolio

B. Determine how much a passive investor would have on December 31, 2011 if she invested $10,000 on January 1, 2002 in the active portfolio

C. Which portfolio was more risky?

D. Calculate the correlation between the return for these two portfolios.

E. How do you explain the close association in returns.

Vanguard 500 Index Fund Vanguard Growth & Income Fund
2011 2.08% 2.42%
2010 15.05% 14.62%
2009 26.62% 22.42%
2008 36.97% -37.72%
2007 5.47% 2.62%
2006 15.75% 14.01%
2005 4.87%

5.82%

2004 10.82% 11.11%
2003 28.59% 30.15%
2002 22.10% 21.92%

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