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Submit Check my work Problem 11-19 Diversification (LO3) Here are the returns on two stocks. Digital Executive Cheese Fruit January +18 +7 February -2 +1 March +4 April +6 May -3 June +3 July -1 -2 August -7 -1 Required: a-1. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of each stock. a-2. Which stock is riskier if held on its own? b. Now calculate the returns in each month of a portfolio that invests an equal amount each month in the two stocks. c. Is the variance more or less than halfway between the variance of the two individual stocks? 7712477 +4 +16 +2 +5 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req A1 Req A2 Req B Req C Calculate the variance and standard deviation of each stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your decimal places.) Digital Cheese Executive Fruit Retum Return 50.90 Variance Standard deviation 7.10 Req A2 > %