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Write SQL for Top Five Investments

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Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top five performing investments based on historical data at eVestment.

Use the investment and historical performance records. Calculate each investment's average non-null historical return, including only investments with at least two recorded returns.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying investment with investment_id, investment_name, average_return, and return_observations.
  2. Include the five highest average returns, ordered descending. Break ties by investment_id ascending.

Schema

investments
ColumnTypeDescription
investment_idPKINTUnique investment identifier
investment_nameVARCHAR(150)Investment name
strategyVARCHAR(80)Investment strategy classification
investment_performance
ColumnTypeDescription
performance_idPKINTUnique performance record identifier
investment_idINTReferenced investment
performance_dateDATEDate of the historical observation
return_pctDECIMAL(8,4)Historical percentage return
Tablesinvestmentsinvestment_performance
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