The Formula for the Standard Deviation of Cash Held by the Centralized

question 64

Multiple Choice

The formula for the standard deviation of cash held by the centralized depository for N affiliates is $\sqrt { ( \text { Std. Dev. Affiliate } 1 ) ^ { 2 } + ( \text { Std. Dev. Affiliate } 2 ) ^ { 2 } + \cdots + ( \text { Std. Dev. Affiliate } N ) ^ { 2 } }$

• A)The formula assumes that interaffiliate cash flows have a correlation coefficient of -1.
• B)The formula assumes that interaffiliate cash flows have a correlation coefficient of +1.
• C)The formula assumes that interaffiliate cash flows have a correlation coefficient of 0.
• D)None of the above

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