1 What specific measure of central tendency is used in finance to calculate the average return of an investment portfolio over several periods by taking the nth root of the product of the returns?
Answer: GEOMETRIC (9 letters)
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Guess Macro — Friday, April 17, 2026
The five questions from Friday, April 17, 2026, with their answers. This puzzle is no longer playable; today's game is on the home page, and the last seven days can still be played in the practice archive.
2 Which global athletic apparel company saw its shares drop more than 10 percent in early 2024 after it warned of slowing demand and a transition toward newer product lines to stay competitive?
Answer: NIKE (4 letters)
3 Which major technology company announced in 2024 that it would spend 10 billion dollars to build a massive new data center complex in Indiana to support its growing generative artificial intelligence workloads?
Answer: GOOGLE (6 letters)
4 What specific economic term describes the tendency of people to save more during a recession which can lead to a further decrease in aggregate demand and a deeper economic downturn?
Answer: THRIFT (6 letters)
A savings institution focused on taking deposits and making home loans, distinct from a commercial bank.
5 What economic phenomenon occurs when the price of an asset rises far above its intrinsic value driven by exuberant market behavior rather than fundamental financial data?
Answer: BUBBLE (6 letters)
A period in which asset prices rise far above any plausible estimate of fundamental value, driven by expectations of further price rises rather than by income the asset produces.