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Session Unit 12:
41. Portfolio Risk and Return: Part 1
LOS 41.a: Calculate and interpret major return measures and describe their appropriate uses., p.125
Holding period return (HPR) Average Returns Geometric Mean Return (GMR)
(=Arithmetic Mean Return –AMR)
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Example: Return measures, p.126: An investor purchased $1,000 of a mutual fund’s shares. The fund had the following total
returns over a 3-year period: +5%, –8%, +12%. Calculate HPR, AR, & GMR value at the end of the 3-year period.