You Have a Portfolio Which Is Comprised of 30 Percent

question 72

Multiple Choice

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 30 percent of stock A and 70 percent of stock B.What is the portfolio standard deviation?

• A) 4.00 percent
• B) 5.56 percent
• C) 6.06 percent
• D) 6.82 percent
• E) 7.47 percent

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Definitions:

Decreasing Costs

A situation where the total cost of production decreases as the volume of production increases.

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of consumers increases, inversely related to normal goods.

Long-Run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and costs are variable, and economic forces are balanced, leading to no net inclination to change.

Constant-Cost Industry

An industry in which the costs of production (including input prices) remain constant regardless of changes in the industry's output level.