Consider a data set comprised of the annual returns of a specific investment over 10 years. The returns exhibit a high degree of concentration around a mean return of 5%, but also show a few extreme positive and negative values, leading to an asymmetric distribution. In evaluating the characteristics of this distribution, the concepts of skewness and kurtosis are essential in understanding the behavior of returns.

If the skewness of the returns is significantly positive while the kurtosis is greater than 3, which of the following statements correctly describes the distribution of these returns?