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Elizabeth's Portfolio
​ Elizabeth has decided to form a portfolio by putting 30% of her money into stock 1 and 70% into stock 2.She assumes that the expected returns will be 10% and 18%,respectively,and that the standard deviations will be 15% and 24%,respectively. ​ ​
-{Elizabeth's Portfolio Narrative} Compute the standard deviation of the returns on the portfolio assuming that the two stocks' returns are perfectly positively correlated.


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Symmetric Distribution

A distribution where values are evenly distributed on both sides of the central peak, ensuring the mean equals the median.

Median Weight

The middle value of weight data when it is arranged in ascending or descending order, effectively splitting the dataset into two equal halves.

Stem-And-Leaf Plot

A graphical representation of quantitative data that organizes numbers by place value and shows the distribution of data.

Median Score

The value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, or the middle score of a distribution when the values are arranged in ascending order.

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