Question: Q 3 . Portfolio Risk - Returns ( 2 0 points ) i . stock has mean of 1 0 % and stdev of 2

Q3. Portfolio Risk-Returns (20 points) i. stock has mean of 10% and stdev of 20%; ii bond has mean of 8% and stdev of 16%; iii. Risk free rate for cash lending and borrowing is at 4%. a. What is the mean and stdev of a portfolio of that is 60% in stock and 40% in bond if correlation between stock and bond is +0.4(4 points)? b. What is the mean and stdev of a portfolio of that is 60% in stock and 40% in bond if correlation between stock and bond is -0.4(4 points)? c. How much can you leverage up a portfolio in case (b) to match the stdev of case(a)? What is the mean return after leverage? (4points)
d. What is the mean and stdev of a fully invested yet unleveraged portfolio in stock and bond, that assign weights based on inverse of STDEV risk (assume case (b) negative correlation)(4 points)?

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