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Consider two assets. Suppose that the return on asset 1 has expected value 0.02 and standard deviation 0.05 and suppose that the return on asset 2 has expected value 0.04 and standard deviation 0.06.
Consider an equally weighted portfolio in which each asset receives weight 1/2 and let Rp denote the return on the portfolio.
Find the expected value of Rp and the variance of Rp as functions of ρ12, the correlation of the returns on the two assets.
Please use RStudio
Stock | Return | SD | Weigh |
A | 0.02 | 5% | 0.5 |
B | 0.04 | 6% | 0.5 |
Expected Return = w1 x r1 + w2 x r2
= 0.5 x 0.02 + 0.5 x 0.04
= 0.01 + 0.02
= 0.03 or 3%
Variance as a function of P12
Variance = w12 σ21 + w22 σ22 + 2 w1 w2 σ1 σ2 P12
σp2 = (0.5)2(5)2 + (0.5)2(6)2 + 2 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 6 x 5 x P12
σp2 = 6.25 + 9 + 15 P12
σp2 = 15.25 + 15 P12 Variance as a function of P12 (Required Equation)