Question: Weekly returns for two assets are provided in the file xlsx. You are required to calculate the average weekly return and standard deviation of Asset

Weekly returns for two assets are provided in the file xlsx. You are required to calculate the average weekly return and standard deviation of Asset 1 over the period 23rd September 2016 till 07-Apr-2017

All data in % weekly returns
Weeks Asset 1 Asset 2
23-Sep-2016 0.538 1.246
30-Sep-2016 0.053 0.188
07-Oct-2016 -0.506 -0.649
14-Oct-2016 -0.170 -1.000
21-Oct-2016 0.332 0.417
28-Oct-2016 -0.502 -0.682
04-Nov-2016 0.234 -1.902
11-Nov-2016 -1.466 3.788
18-Nov-2016 -1.023 0.949
25-Nov-2016 -0.212 1.460
02-Dec-2016 0.069 -1.013
09-Dec-2016 -0.268 3.103
16-Dec-2016 -0.613 -0.043
23-Dec-2016 0.447 0.288
30-Dec-2016 0.652 -1.061
06-Jan-2017 0.185 1.840
13-Jan-2017 0.194 -0.049
20-Jan-2017 -0.350 -0.130
27-Jan-2017 0.037 1.061
03-Feb-2017 -0.030 0.224
10-Feb-2017 0.436 0.871
17-Feb-2017 -0.018 1.572
24-Feb-2017 0.609 0.702
03-Mar-2017 -0.844 0.653
10-Mar-2017 -0.557 -0.402
17-Mar-2017 0.504 0.368
24-Mar-2017 0.594 -1.457
31-Mar-2017 0.065 0.854
07-Apr-2017 0.168 -0.260

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