A Stock Fund Has a Standard Deviation of 28 Percent

question 55

Multiple Choice

A stock fund has a standard deviation of 28 percent and a bond fund has a standard deviation of 16 percent.The correlation of the two funds is .15.What is the approximate weight of the stock fund in the minimum variance portfolio?

• A) 11 percent
• B) 15 percent
• C) 21 percent
• D) 24 percent
• E) 27 percent

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Definitions:

Earnings Per Share

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