You have a two-asset portfolio that comprises stocks XX and ZZ. The information related to these two stocks are as follows: Expected return of Stock XX Expected return of Stock ZZ Proportion of funds invested in Stock XX Proportion of funds invested in Stock ZZ 15% 20% 38% 62% Standard deviation of Stock XX 5% Standard deviation of Stock ZZ 12% (a) Calculate the expected return of this portfolio. (5) (b) Calculate the standard deviation of the portfolio if the correlation coefficient of returns between both stocks is 0.25

You have a two-asset portfolio that comprises stocks XX and ZZ. The information related to these two stocks are as follows: Expected return of Stock XX Expected return of Stock ZZ Proportion of funds invested in Stock XX Proportion of funds invested in Stock ZZ 15% 20% 38% 62% Standard deviation of Stock XX 5% Standard deviation of Stock ZZ 12% (a) Calculate the expected return of this portfolio. (5) (b) Calculate the standard deviation of the portfolio if the correlation coefficient of returns between both stocks is 0.25

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