Stock X Has a Standard Deviation of Return of 10

question 30

Multiple Choice

Stock X has a standard deviation of return of 10 percent. Stock Y has a standard deviation of return of 20 percent. The correlation coefficient between the two stocks is 0.5. If you invest 60 percent of your funds in stock X and 40 percent in stock Y, what is the standard deviation of your portfolio?

• A)10.3 percent
• B)21.0 percent
• C)12.2 percent
• D)14.8 percent

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Journal Entries

Records in accounting that document every transaction affecting a company's financial position, detailing debits and credits to accounts.

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Individual records for each account in a company's financial statements, tracking all transactions affecting that account.

Chart of Accounts

An organized list of all the accounts in a company's general ledger which are used to categorize transactions.

Ledger

A comprehensive collection of all accounts and financial transactions of a company, organization, or individual.