1. Technological advances have been an important element of financial integration. How have technological advances affected the flow of financial capital? How have technological advances contributed to the volatility of financial capital?
2. Suppose you buy some stock in Qwest (no, that’s not a typo; that’s how the company spells it) at a price of $27.3 per share. You sold the shares at $26.4 per share 2 months later. No dividend is paid. What is your percentage annualized return on this investment?
3. An asset has an average historical rate of return of 12.1 percent and a variance of 0.01089091. What is the upper percentage range of returns would you expect to see approximately two-thirds of the time? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)