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5. File: “MUTUAL Funds” in PS 5 data excel file (you may do this as a group). (4

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5. File: “MUTUAL Funds” in PS 5 data excel file (you may do this as a group). (4.5 points)

Test whether Fee and No-Fee funds are the same or different with respect to Assets and Return.

Fund Category Objective Assets Fees Expense Ratio Return Risk AFBA Five star USA Global Institutional large cap Growth 39.4 No 1.08 37.5 average Aim Basic Value A large cap Value 3544.9 Yes 1.33 33.8 average Aim Opportunities II A mid cap Growth 92.2 Yes 1.07 29.6 average Al Frank mid cap Value 120.1 No 2.25 78.0 average American Aavantage Small Cap Value Institutional small cap Value 88.9 No 0.82 50.8 average Artisan Mid Cap mid cap Growth 4088.9 No 1.20 31.8 average Atalanta/Sosnoff large cap Growth 38.2 No 1.50 26.7 average Bjurman, Barry Micro Cap Growth small cap Growth 933.0 No 1.59 66.9 average Bridgeway Micro Cap Limited small cap Value 72.1 No 1.90 62.4 average Buffalo USA Global large cap Growth 74.7 No 1.04 36.1 average Calamos Growth A mid cap Growth 4208.5 Yes 1.40 42.3 average Chesapeake Core Growth large cap Growth 80.6 No 1.23 42.4 average Conseco Equity mid cap Growth 63.9 No 1.00 37.5 average Excelsior Value & Restructuring large cap Value 2556.2 No 0.99 47.4 average Fidelity Advisor Mid Cap T mid cap Growth 3227.0 Yes 1.26 43.7 average Fidelity Discovery large cap Growth 625.9 No 0.97 19.7 average Fidelity Trend large cap Growth 835.1 No 1.01 27.4 average FMI Focus small cap Growth 1152.4 No 1.47 48.1 average Growth Fund of America A large cap Growth 45421.1 Yes 0.76 32.9 average ICM/Isabelle Small Cap Value Inv. small cap Value 62.9 No 1.71 41.4 average J. P. Morgan Mid Cap Value I mid cap Value 300.4 No 0.75 30.3 average Janus Adviser Core equity I large cap Growth 38.0 No 1.60 23.6 average Janus Adviser Growth and Income I large cap Growth 261.8 No 1.22 23.9 average Matrix Advisors Value large cap Value 187.7 No 0.99 44.4 average Merrill Lynch Master Small Cap Value B mid cap Value 896.0 No 2.10 40.6 average N/I Numeric Investors Small Cap Value mid cap Value 198.5 No 1.55 46.1 average Neuberger Berman Genesis Inv mid cap Value 1269.6 No 1.08 31.7 average Pacific Capital Small Cap Y mid cap Value 106.0 No 1.35 55.3 average Perkins Discovery mid cap Growth 8.5 No 2.50 67.9 average Perritt Microcap Oppoutunities small cap Growth 156.6 No 1.60 62.0 average Royce Select small cap Value 22.7 No 1.01 46.1 average Royce Special Equity small cap Value 682.7 No 1.20 27.3 average Royce Trustshares Inv small cap Value 32.5 No 1.49 37.5 average RS Contrarian Value mid cap Value 285.0 No 1.67 66.0 average RS Partners small cap Value 709.1 No 1.88 63.6 average Schwab US Marketmasters large cap Growth 173.5 No 0.75 38.6 average Strong Large Company Growth Inv large cap Growth 79.2 No 1.30 25.4 average TCW Galileo Value Opportunities I mid cap Value 610.3 No 1.15 49.0 average Tocqueville Small Cap Value small cap Value 77.1 No 1.44 61.2 average Turner Small Cap Value small cap Value 459.4 No 1.27 45.4 average Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Instit. small cap Value 43.8 No 1.40 61.5 average Value Line Emerging Opportunities small cap Growth 207.9 No 1.36 33.6 average Vanguard Capital Opportunity mid cap Growth 5294.1 No 0.58 49.5 average Vanguard Primecap large cap Growth 18163.2 No 0.51 37.6 average Vanguard Windsor Inv. large cap Value 14120.9 No 0.45 36.5 average Wasatch Growth large cap Value 242.0 Yes 1.12 35.3 average ABN Amro Veredus Aggressive Growth N small cap Growth 473.3 No 1.40 44.5 high Aim Opportunities I A small cap Growth 250.1 No 0.72 39.2 high Atlantic Whitehall Growth Distributor large cap Growth 161.8 No 1.33 31.9 high Blackrock US Opportunities Inv. B mid cap Growth 45.1 No 2.67 46.1 high Brazos Micro Cap Y small cap Growth 223.2 No 1.42 62.4 high CGM Focus small cap Value 695.2 No 1.20 66.5 high Dreyfus Growth & Value Midcap Value mid cap Value 1153.7 No 1.35 57.5 high Fidelity Growth Company large cap Growth 22374.0 No 1.08 41.4 high First American Small Cap Growth Opportunity Y small cap Growth 459.3 No 1.68 59.3 high Fremont U.S. Micro Cap small cap Growth 595.7 No 1.61 56.6 high MTB Small Cap Growth A small cap Growth 82.5 Yes 1.33 53.8 high Parnassus Income Equity Income large cap Value 595.2 No 0.96 14.9 high Sun America Focused Large Cap Growth II large cap Growth 553.1 No 2.21 40.4 high TCW Galileo Select Equity I large cap Growth 1978.0 No 0.86 50.3 high Touchstone Large Cap Growth A large cap Growth 59.5 No 1.49 35.6 high Wasatch Small Cap Growth small cap Growth 1287.4 No 1.25 37.3 high Wasatch Ultra Growth small cap Growth 607.3 No 1.57 44.2 high Aegis Value small cap Value 425.0 No 1.50 35.1 low American Century Value Inv. large cap Value 1925.5 No 1.00 28.3 low American Century Small Cap Value Inv. small cap Value 933.4 No 1.25 35.8 low Armada Small Cap value I small cap Value 836.0 No 1.20 38.2 low Artisan Small Cap Value small cap Value 881.4 No 1.21 40.2 low Babson Enterprise small cap Value 280.6 No 1.08 50.5 low Bear Stearns Alpha Growth A large cap Growth 76.7 Yes 1.40 27.2 low Boston Partners Small Cap Value Inv small cap Value 286.0 No 1.79 52.6 low Clipper large cap Value 6556.4 No 1.07 18.0 low CNI Charter RCB Small Cap Value R small cap Value 15.9 Yes 1.49 47.7 low Columbia Acorn Select Z mid cap Growth 286.9 No 1.26 30.4 low Columbia Small Cap Z small cap Value 929.2 No 0.90 38.3 low CRM Small Cap Value Institutional small cap Value 263.1 No 1.00 48.7 low Delafield small cap Value 233.4 Yes 1.20 37.4 low Dodge & Cox Stock large cap Value 26408.2 No 0.54 31.5 low Ehrenkrantz Growth large cap Growth 1.6 Yes 3.50 53.5 low Exeter Tax Managed large cap Growth 5.0 No 1.20 26.3 low FBR Small Cap Value small cap Value 352.0 No 1.94 45.7 low Fidelity Contrafund large cap Growth 35008.0 No 0.99 27.9 low Fidelity Low Priced Stock small cap Value 25016.0 Yes 1.01 40.5 low Fifth Third Micro Cap Institutional small cap Value 139.6 No 1.33 67.6 low FMC StrategicValue small cap Value 56.4 No 1.30 29.1 low Franklin Microcap Value small cap Value 342.1 Yes 1.18 35.9 low Gabelli Equity Income large cap Value 282.9 No 2.09 27.6 low Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value small cap Value 750.2 Yes 1.51 42.8 low Heartland Value small cap Value 2183.4 No 1.29 68.6 low Hennessy Cornerstone Growth small cap Growth 898.4 No 1.27 45.8 low Hotchkiss and Riley Midcap Value I small cap Value 363.8 Yes 1.15 54.9 low Hotchkiss and Riley Smallcap Value I small cap Value 239.3 Yes 1.22 61.9 low Icap Select Equity large cap Value 62.8 No 0.80 40.3 low Janus Mid Cap Value Inv small cap Value 1596.1 No 1.17 39.1 low Janus Small Cap Value Inv small cap Value 1683.1 No 1.17 36.6 low Jensen large cap Growth 1616.7 No 0.90 15.8 low John Hancock Classic Value A large cap Value 108.0 Yes 1.75 35.8 low Longleaf Partners large cap Value 7313.2 No 0.91 34.8 low Meridian Value small cap Value 1798.4 No 1.11 34.7 low MFS Strategic Value A large cap Value 505.5 Yes 1.45 27.2 low Munder Microcap Equity A small cap Growth 108.9 Yes 1.98 64.3 low Needham Growth mid cap Growth 367.1 No 1.75 47.3 low Oakmark Select I large cap Value 5498.1 No 1.02 28.9 low PIMCO PEA Renaissance A small cap Value 1648.2 Yes 1.25 58.5 low PIMCO PEA Value C large cap Value 417.1 No 1.85 42.8 low Pioneer Small Cap Value A small cap Value 201.5 Yes 1.65 37.0 low Royce Low Priced Stock small cap Value 2925.6 No 1.49 43.9 low Royce Micro-cap Inv small cap Value 427.0 No 1.49 48.0 low Royce Opportunity Inv small cap Value 1255.3 No 1.17 71.2 low Santa Barbara Bender Growth Y large cap Growth 19.8 No 2.00 47.4 low Scudder Micro Cap Inv small cap Growth 20.1 No 1.74 40.8 low Security Mid Cap Value A small cap Value 147.0 Yes 1.65 51.5 low State Street Research Aurora A small cap Value 1964.6 Yes 1.55 49.7 low Strong Advisor Small Cap Value Z small cap Value 1114.9 No 1.50 48.0 low T. Rowe Price Value large cap Value 1366.6 Yes 0.95 29.6 low T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value small cap Value 3192.1 No 0.89 35.9 low TCW Galileo Dividend Focused N large cap Value 32.5 Yes 1.15 29.1 low TCW Galileo Opportunity N small cap Value 24.5 Yes 1.31 50.0 low Tocqueville Alexis large cap Value 72.7 No 1.38 20.8 low Wasatch Microcap small cap Growth 561.7 Yes 2.24 47.4 low Wasatch Small Cap Value small cap Value 718.4 No 1.78 54.6 low

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5. File: “MUTUAL Funds” in PS 5 data excel file (you may do this as a group). (4

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