If the Standard Deviation of Stock a Is 12% and the Standard

question 1

Multiple Choice

If the standard deviation of stock A is 12% and the standard deviation of stock B is 16% and the correlation coefficient between the stocks is 0.5,what is the covariance between stock A and stock B?

• A)0.0060
• B)0.0096
• C)0.0012
• D)0.05

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