This activity will help you gather and analyze data relating to returns and standard deviations. Use Yahoo! Finance or another site to get monthly pricing for the S&P 500 ETF (SPY), Coca-Cola, and Netflix for the past five years. Then, calculate the following using Excel and the provided instructions:
- Monthly returns for each stock
- Average monthly return for each stock
- Annualized returns based on the monthly average return for each stock
- Standard deviation of monthly returns for each stock
- Annualized standard deviation based on standard deviation of monthly returns
Compare the differences in returns and standard deviations in the three sets of data, and discuss their investment implications using a cell within the spreadsheet document.To complete this assignment, review theModule Two Activity Guidelines and Rubricdocument.