Calculate the expected return and expected risk of the portfolio below given the Asset J and Asset K has a correlation coefficient of +0.8. Asset Asset J Asset K Expected Return 8.0% 14.0% Weighting 60% 40% Risk of each asset 12.0% 21.0%

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