Given the Following Information

question 18

Essay

Given the following information:

a. What are the expected returns and standard deviations of the following portfolios?
1. 100 percent of funds invested in Stock A
2. 100 percent of funds invested in Stock B
3. 50 percent of funds invested in each stock?
b. What would be the impact if the correlation coefficient were -0.6 instead of 0.2?

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