Use the Following Information to Answer Questions 8-9

question 50

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer questions 8-9.
An investor is considering a portfolio consisting of 60% invested in Stock X and 40% invested in Stock Y. The expected returns for the stocks are 10% for Stock X and 8% for Stock Y. Variance of the stock returns are 0.04 for Stock X and 0.02 for Stock Y, and a covariance of -0.01 between the two stocks.
-What is the expected return of the proposed portfolio?

• A) 9.0%
• B) 9.2%
• C) 19.0%
• D) 19.2%

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