-What Is the Expected Return of Stock A?
A) 18

question 58

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{llcc} \text {Expected return on the market } &13\% \\ \text { Standard deviation of the market } &21\%\\ \text { Risk-free rate} &5.5\%\\\text { Correlation coefficient between }&\\\text { Stock A and the market } & 0.65 \\\text { Stock B and the market } & 0.28 \\\text { Standard deviation of Stock A } & 64 \% \\\text { Standard deviation of Stock B } & 53 \%\end{array}$


-What is the expected return of Stock A?

• A) 18.21%
• B) 16.43%
• C) 19.27%
• D) 20.35%
• E) 18.68%

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