You are given monthly annualized total return data for two mutual funds, A and B. Using linear regression, develop a relationship which gives the annualized return of fund B as a function of the return of fund A. What is the coefficient of determination of this relationship?
Month Total return of A (%) Total return of B (%)
Jan -26.2 30.8
Feb 12.0 30.5
Mar 52.0 -13.4
Apr 39.0 24.6
May -21.4 -27.7
Jun -38.4 -23.3
Jul 15.4 28.4
Aug 15.4 13.3
Sep 17.8 126.1
Oct -52.8 83.4
Nov -10.4 -19.8
Dec -73.4 79.8