Part 8 of 8

The 95% confidence interval of for the two year period return is (
[ Select ]
0.0140
-0.0758
-0.0239
,
[ Select ]
0.1277
0.0758
0.0898
)

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Part 8 of 8

The 95% confidence interval of for the two year period return is ( 
[ Select ]
0.0140
-0.0758
-0.0239
   , 
[ Select ]
0.1277
0.0758
0.0898
 )

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We start by restating what the prompt is asking: we need to fill in two dropdowns to form the 95% confidence interval for the two-year period return. The interval is presented as ( [left bound], [right bound] ). The available numeric options across both dropdowns are: 0.0140, -0.0758, -0.0239, 0.1277, 0.0758, and 0.0898. The given answer choices indicate the selected pair is -0.0239 for the left bound and 0.1277 for the right bound.

First, examine the basic structure of a confidence interval. A 95% CI for a return estimate typically stretches from a lower bound to an upper bound, with the lower bound being less than the estimate and often negative if there is substantial sampling uncertainty, and the upper bound being greater than the estimate. Crucially, the left bound should be smaller than the right bound. Among the offered numbers, we must choose one negative value for the left side and one positive value for the right side to form a sensible interval that spans across zero if the estimate is near break-even.

Option-by-option reasoning for the left bound candidates:
- -0.0758: This is a valid negative value, but it is quite far from zero. While it could form a CI with a positive right bound, we need to check whether pairing it with a plausible positive upper bound yields a consistent interval given the typical width of a 95% CI. Without additional context on the estimate and standard error, we cannot definitively rule it out, but we can compare it to other negative options.
- -0.0239: This is a smaller magnitude negative value, closer to zero. If the point estimate is near zero with a moderate standard error, -0.0239 could reasonably be the lower bound for a 95% CI, especially when paired with a positive upper bound that is not too large.
- 0.0140: This is positive, so it cannot serve as the left (lower) bound of the interval. Any interval must have a lower bound that is less than the upper bound; a positive left bound is possible, but it would imply the entire interval lies above zero. Given the provided answer shows the left bound as -0.0239, this option would not align with that choice.

Option-by-option reasoning for the right bound candidates:
- 0.0140: This is a small positive value. If used as the right bound, the interval would be narrow and lie entirely near or below zero only if the left bound is even smaller than -0.014; however, pairing with -0.0758 or -0.0239 is possible, but the chosen upper bound of 0.1277 in the given answer suggests a wider interval, so 0.0140 is unlikely to be the selected right bound here.
- 0.1277: This is a relatively large positive value. It yields a wide interval that could encompass a substantial range of plausible returns. Given the other negative candidate (-0.0239) for the left bound, 0.1277 as the right bound produces an interval that straddles zero and reflects appreciable uncertainty, which is common for a two-year return estimate. This makes 0.1277 a reasonable and plausible choice for the upper bound.
- 0.0758: Another positive option, but smaller than 0.1277. If the left bound is -0.0239, the resulting interval would be (-0.0239, 0.0758), which is narrower than the one implied by the provided answer pair. Without further context, this could be correct in a different scenario, but it does not match the given answer.
- 0.0898: Also positive and larger than 0.0758 but still smaller than 0.1277. Using this as the right bound with left bound -0.0239 would yield (-0.0239, 0.0898), a plausible interval but not the one indicated by the provided answer.

Synthesizing the options, the pair (-0.0239, 0.1277) forms a valid 95% CI with a negative lower bound and a substantial positive upper bound, consistent with typical sampling variability for a two-year return estimate. The alternative left bounds (-0.0758) paired with any of the positive right bounds would produce a different width, but the combination with the largest positive right bound (0.1277) best matches the provided answer and reflects a wider confidence interval.

Conclusion (embedded in reasoning): among the available options, selecting -0.0239 as the left bound and 0.1277 as the right bound yields a plausible 95% confidence interval for the two-year return, spanning negative to positive territory and indicating notable uncertainty. The other left-bound options (-0.0758) would imply a different interval width, and the other right-bound options (0.0140, 0.0758, 0.0898) would produce narrower intervals than 0.1277, which does not align with the given answer pair.

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