The expected return on Big Time Toys is 9% and its standard deviation is 20%. The expected

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The expected return on Big Time Toys is 9% and its standard deviation is 20%. The expected return on Chemical Industries is 8% and its standard deviation is 25%.
a. Suppose the correlation coefficient for the two stocks' returns is .2. What are the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio with 30% invested in Big Time Toys and the rest in Chemical Industries?
b. If the correlation coefficient is .7, recalculate the portfolio expected return and standard deviation, assuming the portfolio weights are unchanged.
c. Explain the difference between your answers to (a) and (b).
Expected Return
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259024962

6th Canadian edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus, Devashis Mitra, Elizabeth Maynes, William Lim

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