Your portfolio has 20% invested in stock A and 80% invested in stock B. Stock A has an expected return of 10% and a volatility of 15%. Stock B has an expected return of 12% and volatility of 25%. The correlation between stock A and B is 0.3. What is the variance of your portfolio return? 0.0385 0.0587 O O 0.0445 0.0257

Your portfolio has 20% invested in stock A and 80% invested in stock B. Stock A has an expected return of 10% and a volatility of 15%. Stock B has an expected return of 12% and volatility of 25%. The correlation between stock A and B is 0.3. What is the variance of your portfolio return? 0.0385 0.0587 O O 0.0445 0.0257

Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781337395083

Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Publisher:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Chapter3: Risk And Return: Part Ii

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 3P: Two-Asset Portfolio Stock A has an expected return of 12% and a standard deviation of 40%. Stock B...

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