Compute the standard deviation and variance of the following monthly returns. Note: Round your "Standard Deviation" answer to 2 decimal places and "Variance" answer to 6 decimal places. Compute the standard deviation and variance of the following monthly returns. Note: Round your standard deviation" answer to 2 decimal places and "variance" answer to 6 decimal places. A Date July-10 August-10 September-10 October-10 November-10 December-10 January-11 February-11 March-11 April-11 May-11 June-11 July-11 August-11 September-11 October-11 November-11 December-11 January-12 February-12 March-12 April-12 May-12 June-12 July-12 August-12 September-12 October-12 November-12 December-12 January-13 February-13 B C D E F G H TSLA Date TSLA Date TSLA Date TSLA 36.32% March-13 8.39% November-15 1.87% July-18 13.47% 2.71% April-13 42.9% December-15 3.83% August-18 0.78% 4.37% May-13 80.67% January-16 2.74% September-18 12.63% 6.61% June-13 9.42% February-16 0.02% October-18 27.00% 61.37% July-13 24.67% March-16 19.32% November-18 3.5% 25.2% August-13 25.46% April-16 4.38% December-18 5.44% 9.90% September-13 14.2% May-16 7.68% January-19 8.15% 1.27% October-13 17.69% June-16 5.31% February-19 3.79% 15.76% November-13 2.82% July-16 1.20% March-19 12.91% 0.94% December-13 17.79% August-16 10.10% April-19 15.11% 8.80% January-14 2.19% September-16 4.16% May-19 22.83% 3.75% February-14 October-16 3.49% June-19 2.28% 3.70% March-14 15.25% November-16 4.61% July-19 7.72% 12.58% April-14 0.67% December-16 12.42% August-19 7.2% 1.81% May-14 0.46% January-17 17.5% September-19 6.36% 20.2% June-14 15.14% February-17 1.17% October-19 30.34% 11.07% July-14 7.38% March-17 1.92% November-19 4.37% 13.17% August-14 28.38% April-17 12.45% December-19 26.39% 1.39% September-14 1.42% May-17 8.18% January-20 55.12% 14.53% October-14 0.88% June-17 5.64% February-20 2.28% 11.06% November-14 0.77% July-17 1.95% March-20 21.96% 11.44% December-14 9.44% August-17 9.63% April-20 48.81% 11.36% January-15 8.86% September-17 9.95% May-20 6.39% 5.67% February-15 0.53% October-17 3.21% June-20 28.92% 12.77% March-15 7.57% November-17 7.24% July-20 32.10% 3.61% April-15 19.35% December-17 0.41% August-20 73.75% 2.26% May-15 1.55% January-18 13.4% September-20 14.31% 4.33% June-15 6.56% February-18 3.58% October-20 9.95% 19.83% July-15 1.19% March-18 22.82% November-20 45.87% 0.25% August-15 6.82% April-18 1.03% December-20 1.35% September-15 0.66% May-18 3.52% 7.54% October-15 17.9% June-18 2.65% 1 2 E 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 29 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 31 32 EE Standard Deviation % Variance
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