Three defense stocks will be combined into a new stock index starting in January 2019. The rate of return on this index for the year ending December 31, 2019 was -5.63%. The rate of return for the year ending December 31, 2020 was 12.45%.
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1. The following three defense stocks are to be combined into a stock index in January 2019
(perhaps a portfolio manager believes these stocks are an appropriate benchmark for his or her
performance):
b. What is the rate of return on this index for the year ending December 31, 2019? For the year
ending December 31, 2020? (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not
round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
2019 RETURN:____________
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.