Use the Information to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 21

Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the following question(s) .
A U.S. investor is considering a portfolio consisting of 60% invested in the U.S. equity index fund and 40% invested in the British equity index fund. The expected returns for the funds are 10% for the U.S. and 8% for the British, standard deviations of 20% for the U.S. and 18% for the British, and a correlation coefficient of 0.15 between the U.S. and British equity funds.
-Refer to Instruction 17.2. What is the standard deviation of the proposed portfolio?

• A)38.00
• B)19.20
• C)19.00
• D)14.45

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Definitions:

Inference Forms

Standard logical structures that outline the relationship between premises and conclusion, guiding the derivation of the latter from the former.

MP

A shorthand for "Member of Parliament," a representative elected to the legislative body of a country. Alternatively, in logic, it could stand for "Modus Ponens," a form of argument where from premises "If P, then Q" and "P," one concludes "Q."

Inference Forms

Structures of reasoning that establish a conclusion based on one or more premises.

MP

Stands for Modus Ponens, a crucial concept in formal logic entailing that from premises of the form "If P, then Q" and "P is true," one can conclusively deduce "Q must be true."