What is the standard deviation for a portfolio invested 50% in A, 50% in B? Probability 0.5 0.25 0.25 Return A (weight =50%) 10% 0% 20% Return B (weight =50%) 25% -10% 0%
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What is the standard deviation for a portfolio invested 50% in A, 50% in B? Probability 0.5 0.25 0.25 Return A (weight =50%) 10% 0% 20% Return B (weight =50%) 25% -10% 0%
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- If E(rX)=0.12 and E(rY)=0.08, what would be the expected rate of return of a portfolio made of 30% of X and 70% of Y? A. 0.080 B. 0.120 C. 0.108 D. 0.092 E. 0.100USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM(S) Asset (A) Asset (B) E(RA)=10% E(RB) = 15% (σA)=8% (GB) = 9.5% WA = 0.25 WB = 0.75 COVA.B = 0.006 What is the standard deviation of this portfolio? O 13.75% O 8.79% O 12.5% O 7.72%2. Calculate the expected return and expected risk of the portfolio below given the Asset J and Asset K has a correlation coefficient of +0.8. Asset Asset J Asset K Expected Return 8.0% 14.0% Weighting 60% 40% Risk of each asset 12.0% 21.0%
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