Suppose you bought $48,000 worth of stock A and $80,000 worth of stock B. The standard deviation of returns is 59% for stock A and 27% for stock B. The two stocks' returns have a correlation of 0.2. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio's returns? O a. 15.2% O b. 18.6% O c. 23.6% O d. 26.9% Oe. 30.4%

Stock A has a correlation with the market of 0.53. Assuming that the standard deviation of returns for Stock A is 24.0% and that the standard deviation of returns for the market is 10.0%, what is beta for stock A? A 1.31 B. 1.27 C. 0.17 D. 0.22

Stock 1 has an expected return of 4% and a standard deviation of 38 %. Stock 2 has anexpected return of 11% and a standard deviation of 23 % . Their correlation is .17. You invest30% in stock 1 and 70% in stock 2. What is the variance of the portfolio?What is the standarddeviation of the portfolio?

Stocks A and B have the following probability distributions of expected future returns: a. Calculate the expected rate of return, B, for Stock B (A = 12.50%.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % b. Calculate the standard deviation of expected returns, GA, for Stock A (σ = 20.90%.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % Now calculate the coefficient of variation for Stock B. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. Is it possible that most investors might regard Stock B as being less risky than Stock A? I. If Stock B is more highly correlated with the market than A, then it might have a lower beta than Stock A, and hence be less risky in a portfolio sense. II. If Stock B is more highly correlated with the market than A, then it might have the same beta as Stock A, and hence be just as risky in a portfolio sense. III. If Stock B is less highly correlated with…

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Stocks A and B have the following probability distributions of expected future returns: Probability A B 0.1 (5 %) (38 %) 0.2    5       0 0.5   14     21 0.1   23     27 0.1   28     38 Calculate the expected rate of return, , for Stock B ( = 12.60%.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % Calculate the standard deviation of expected returns, σA, for Stock A (σB = 20.20%.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % Now calculate the coefficient of variation for Stock B. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. Assume the risk-free rate is 2.5%. What are the Sharpe ratios for Stocks A and B? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to four decimal places. Stock A: Stock B:

Q4: Assume the following information for stocks A and B. • Expected return on Stock A = 18%. • Expected return on Stock B = 23%. • Correlation between returns of Stock A and Stock B = 0.10. • Standard deviation of returns on Stock A = 40%. • Standard deviation of returns on Stock B = 50%.   Compute   The expected return Standard deviation

You are creating a portfolio of two stocks. The first one has a standard deviation of 18.6% and the second one has a standard deviation of 17.1%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of the two is -0.13. You will invest 36% of the portfolio in the first stock and the rest in the second stock. What will be the standard deviation of this portfolio's returns? Answer in percent, rounded to one decimal place (e.g., 4.32% = 4.3).

Suppose that stock market returns are normally distributed with a mean of 7% and a standard deviation of 20%. There should be about a 2.5% chance of getting a return greater than %. Write your answer as a whole number: eg, 28% = 28.

You have a portfolio consisting solely of stock A and stock B. The portfolio has an expected return of 10.6% stock A has an expected return of 12.4%. Stock B is expected to return 6.6%. What is the portfolio weight of stock A?