In: Finance
Given the following information:
Expected return on Stock A .15 (15%)
Standard deviation of return 0.3
Expected return on Stock B .18 (18%)
Standard deviation of return 0.4
Correlation coefficient of the returns on Stock A and Stock B 0.75
a. What are the expected returns and standard deviations of the following portfolios?
1. 100 percent of funds invested in Stock A
2. 100 percent of funds invested in Stock B
3. 50 percent of funds invested in each stock?
b. What would be the impact if the correlation coefficient were -0.42 instead of 0.75?