The Stock of Alpha Company Has an Expected Return of 0.10

question 62

Multiple Choice

The stock of Alpha Company has an expected return of 0.10 and a standard deviation of 0.25.The stock of Gamma Company has an expected return of 0.16 and a standard deviation of 0.40.The correlation coefficient between the two stock's return is 0.2.If a portfolio consists of 40% of Alpha Company and 60% of Gamma Company,what's the expected return of the portfolio?

• A) 0.126
• B) 0.136
• C) 0.160
• D) 0.130

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