Elizabeth's Portfolio ​ Elizabeth Has Decided to Form a Portfolio by Putting

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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 coefficient of correlation is 0.5.

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Definitions:

Firm

A business organization, such as a corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship, which is engaged in the production and distribution of goods or services.

Profit-Maximizing

The process or strategy of adjusting production and sale levels to achieve the highest possible profit with the given resources and market conditions.

MC = MR

This refers to the condition where a firm's marginal cost (MC) is equal to its marginal revenue (MR), often used to determine the profit-maximizing level of output in microeconomic theory.

Perfect Competitor

A theoretical market structure where many firms sell an identical product, entry and exit are easy, and no single firm can influence the market price.