Based on the information in Problem 7-7, if a portfolio is made up of 40% of stock

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Based on the information in Problem 7-7, if a portfolio is made up of 40% of stock A and 60% of stock B:

a. Calculate the portfolio's expected rate of return.

b. Calculate the portfolio's standard deviation. Assume the correlation between the two stocks is 0.40.


Problem 7-7:

The following table shows the annual returns over time for two stocks.

Probability A B -10% 0.10 -3% 0.20 2 0.40 12 0.20 16 0.10 17 24

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Financial Management Theory And Practice

ISBN: 978-0176583057

3rd Canadian Edition

Authors: Eugene Brigham, Michael Ehrhardt, Jerome Gessaroli, Richard Nason

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