Your client has $103,000 invested in stock A. She would like to build a two-stock portfolio by investing another $103,000 in either stock B or C. She wants a portfolio with an expected return of at least 14.5% and as low a risk as possible, but the standard deviation must be no more than 40%. What do you advise her to do, and what will be the portfolio expected return and standard deviation? A B C Expected Return 17% 12% 12% Standard Deviation 47% 38% 38% Correlation with A 1.00 0.15 0.32

Your client has $103,000 invested in stock A. She would like to build a two-stock portfolio by investing another $103,000 in either stock B or C. She wants a portfolio with an expected return of at least 14.5% and as low a risk as possible, but the standard deviation must be no more than 40%. What do you advise her to do, and what will be the portfolio expected return and standard deviation? A B C Expected Return 17% 12% 12% Standard Deviation 47% 38% 38% Correlation with A 1.00 0.15 0.32

Financial Management: Theory & Practice

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Author:Brigham

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Chapter6: Risk And Return

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