Roger Has a Portfolio Comprised of $8,000 of Stock a and $12,000

question 69

Multiple Choice

Roger has a portfolio comprised of $8,000 of stock A and $12,000 of stock B.What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?

• A) 4.67 percent
• B) 9.97 percent
• C) 7.23 percent
• D) 8.83 percent
• E) 10.42 percent

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Definitions:

Life-history Hypothesis

A theory that explains how natural selection operates on traits that affect an organism's life cycle, such as reproductive timing, growth, and survival.

Mean Reproductive Spans

The average duration between an individual's first and last reproductive events within a population.

Fitness Payoffs

Benefits in terms of reproductive success or survival that result from a specific trait or behavior in an organism, central to the concept of natural selection.

Mutual Benefit

A situation or interaction in which all parties involved gain advantages or positive outcomes.