Investment Returns: Frequency Table and Mean Return

Investment Returns: Frequency Table and Mean Return

Secondary 2

The returns, in percentage, of some financial investments in a year by some financial portfolios are shown in the table below.

Returns (%)

\(-10\)

\(-5\)

\(0\)

\(5\)

\(10\)

Number of portfolios

\(5\)

\(2\)

\(3\)

\(4\)

\(3\)

Calculate

  1. the total number of portfolios,
  2. the sum of the numerical percentage returns across the portfolios,
  3. the mean return, in percentage, of financial investments by the portfolios.

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Answer:(a) \(17\). (b) Sum \(-10\) percentage points. (c) \(-10/17\%\), the equally weighted mean.

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