Question: Let X and Y be two random variables representing the annual returns of two different portfolios. If E[X] = 3, E[X 2 ] = 26,

Let X and Y be two random variables representing the annual returns of two different portfolios. If E[X] = 3, E[X2] = 26, E[Y] = 4, E[Y2] = 40, and E[XY] = 15, then what is the Pearson correlation between X and Y?

  1. -1
  2. 0
  3. 14.85%
  4. 1

A risk manager gathers five years of historical returns to calculate the Spearman rank correlation coefficient for stocks X and Y from 2010 to 2014 are as follows:

Year

X

Y

2010

5.00%

-10.00%

2011

50.00%

-5.00%

2012

-10.00%

20.00%

2013

-20.00%

40.00%

2014

30.00%

15.00%

What is the Spearman rank correlation coefficient for stocks returns of X and Y?

  1. -0.7
  2. -0.5
  3. 0.3
  4. 0.7

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