Now,assume That the Returns of the Four Stocks Are No

question 80

Essay

Now,assume that the returns of the four stocks are no longer independent of one another.Specifically,the correlations between all pairs of stock returns are given in the table below.

Find the mean and standard deviation of the total amount that this investor earns in one year from these four investments.

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