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Daily returns of the growth fund

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The column growth_fund in asset_returns holds 750 daily returns in percent. Calculate (a) the arithmetic mean daily return, (b) the geometric mean daily return (from the growth factors 1+r/1001 + r/100), both in percent to 4 decimal places, and (c) the total change in value over the whole period, in percent to 2 decimal places.

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