Question: Nuvama hedge fund is looking to create a stable / less risky international portfolio. Analysts at Nuvama collect the following data on India. Indian stock

Nuvama hedge fund is looking to create a stable/ less risky international portfolio. Analysts at Nuvama collect the following data on India. Indian stock returns have a volatility of 25% and INR/$ returns have a volatility of 6%. Indian currency returns and Indian stock returns (in INR terms) have a very high correlation of 0.80. The correlation between Indian equity return (measured in dollar terms) and the US stock market return is 0.20. Which of the following is true?
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Dollar returns for Indian equity markets will be substantially more volatile than the volatility of Indian equity markets for the Indian investors as INR/$ exchange rate has very high volatility.
Dollar returns for Indian equity markets will be substantially more volatile than the volatility of Indian equity markets for the Indian investors as INR/$ exchange rate has very high volatility and the currency and equity returns for India are highly correlated.
Even if Indian equity market returns in dollar terms are very risky for a US investor, a portfolio of Indian and the US equities can exhibit low volatility and better Sharpe ratios.
Both A and C
Both B and C

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