Mary, a finance student at Amity student,holds a portfolio which consists three stocks(one each) of: stock A, stock B, and stock C.Please note the following information aboutthese stocks:PriceReturnStock A Stock B$12020%Standard deviation 0.35Correlation between A and BCorrelation between B and Ca-Questions:$8415%0.10.3Correlation between A and C 0.40.2Stock C$9610%0.5Please calculate the portfolio's expectedreturnb-and standard deviationPlease calculate the portfolio's variance

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Mary, a finance student at Amity student, holds a portfolio which consists three stocks (one each) of: stock A, stock B, and stock C. Please note the following information about these stocks: Price Return Standard deviation Stock A $120 20% 0.35 Correlation between A and B Correlation between B and C Correlation between A and C Questions: Stock B Stock C $84 15% 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 $96 10% 0.5 Please calculate the portfolio's expected a- return b- and standard deviation Please calculate the portfolio's variance

Mary, a finance student at Amity student, holds a portfolio which consists three stocks (one each) of: stock A, stock B, and stock C. Please note the following information about these stocks: Price Return Standard deviation Stock A $120 20% 0.35 Correlation between A and B Correlation between B and C Correlation between A and C Questions: Stock B Stock C $84 15% 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 $96 10% 0.5 Please calculate the portfolio's expected a- return b- and standard deviation Please calculate the portfolio's variance

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