Given the Following Information, What Is the Standard Deviation of the Returns

question 80

Multiple Choice

Given the following information, what is the standard deviation of the returns on a portfolio that is invested 40 percent in stock A, 35 percent in stock B, and the remainder in stock C?

• A) 11.86 percent
• B) 12.72 percent
• C) 13.16 percent
• D) 13.43 percent
• E) 13.57 percent

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