Stock a Has a Standard Deviation of 12 Percent Per

question 42

Multiple Choice

Stock A has a standard deviation of 12 percent per year and stock B has a standard deviation of 16 percent per year. The correlation between stock A and stock B is .37. You have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein stock B has a portfolio weight of 35 percent. What is your portfolio variance?

• A) .01245
• B) .01314
• C) .01329
• D) .01437
• E) .01470

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Definitions:

Natural Resources

Raw materials and environmental assets that are found in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Elasticity of Demand

Estimating how much the demand for a product fluctuates in response to changes in its price.

Resource Markets

Markets in which business firms demand factors of production (for example, labor, capital, and natural resources) from household suppliers. The resources are then used to produce goods and services. These markets are sometimes called factor markets or input markets.

Quantity Supplied

The quantity of a product or service that suppliers are ready and capable of selling at a specific price.