You Put Half of Your Money in a Stock Portfolio

question 45

Multiple Choice

You put half of your money in a stock portfolio that has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of 24%.You put the rest of you money in a risky bond portfolio that has an expected return of 6% and a standard deviation of 12%.The stock and bond portfolio have a correlation 0.55.The standard deviation of the resulting portfolio will be ________________.

• A) more than 18% but less than 24%
• B) equal to 18%
• C) more than 12% but less than 18%
• D) equal to 12%

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Definitions:

Cartel Arrangements

Agreements among competing firms to control prices or exclude entry of a new competitor in the market, often resulting in anticompetitive behavior.

Oligopolists

Firms or individuals that control the market for a particular good or service in an oligopoly, where a small number of entities dominate.

Monopoly Power

The ability of a single seller to control market prices and total market output.

Collective Profit

The total profit earned by a group of entities or an industry, considering all its members.