Finance Discussion

Read the paper titled "The Equity Premium: Stock and Bond Returns since 1802". This paper was written by Jeremy Siegel and published in 1992. The paper summarizes historical performance for different asset classes over the period 1802-1990. In this discussion you need to note on

1. average inflation,
2. annual return and
3. standard deviation

for:

o stocks
o short-term government bonds, and
o long-term government bonds

Instructions

You may discuss any sub-period of the whole sample but please mention the sub-period that you are refering to in your response. Use question numbers to identify your responses.