Question

You are given the following information:Expected return on stock A12%Expected return on stock B20%Standard deviation of returns:stock A1.0stock B6.0Correlation coefficient of the returns on stocks A and B1.2 a)What are the expected returns and standard deviations of a portfolio consisting of:1.100 percent in stock A

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The computation of the expected return and standard deviation when there is 100% in stock A is shown below:

Expected return is

= 0.12 × 100

= 12%

And, the standard deviation of the portfolio is

= √1^2 + √1^2

= 1

Hence, the same is relevant