In: Finance
1. Consider the following information on three stocks in four possible future states of the economy: (6 marks total)
| 
 Rate of return if state occurs  | 
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| 
 State of economy  | 
 Probability of state of economy  | 
 Stock A  | 
 Stock B  | 
 Stock C  | 
| 
 Boom  | 
 0.4  | 
 0.35  | 
 0.45  | 
 0.38  | 
| 
 Good  | 
 0.3  | 
 0.15  | 
 0.20  | 
 0.12  | 
| 
 Poor  | 
 0.2  | 
 0.05  | 
 -0.10  | 
 -0.05  | 
| 
 Bust  | 
 0.1  | 
 0.00  | 
 -0.30  | 
 -0.10  | 
a. Your portfolio is invested 50% in A, 20% in B, and 30% in C. What is the expected return of your portfolio?
b. What is the variance of this portfolio?
c. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio? (1 mark)