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You have $17,200 to invest and would like to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11 percent. You can invest in Stock K with an expected return of 9.9 percent and Stock L with an expected return of 13.5 percent. How much will you invest in Stock K?
$10,949.07
$4,598.61
$7,007.41
$5,255.56
$11,944.44
Based on the following information, what is the standard
deviation of returns?
State of Economy |
Probability of State of Economy |
Rate of Return if State Occurs |
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Recession | .23 | ? | .111 | |
Normal | .26 | .126 | ||
Boom | .51 | .236 | ||
27.76%
19.63%
19.09%
13.82%
25.45%
1) | $11,944.44 | |||||||||
Working: | ||||||||||
Step-1:Calculation of Weight of each investment | ||||||||||
Expected return of Portfolio | = | Sum of (Weight of stock*Expeced Return of Stock) | ||||||||
Suppose Weight of Stock K is "x" and so weight of Stock L is "(1-x)" | ||||||||||
Expected return of Portfolio | = | Sum of (Weight of stock*Expeced Return of Stock) | ||||||||
or, | 0.11 | = | (x*0.099)+((1-x)*0.135) | |||||||
or, | 0.11 | = | 0.099x+0.135-0.135x | |||||||
or, | 0.11 | = | 0.099x+0.135-0.135x | |||||||
or, | 0.11 | = | -0.036x+0.135 | |||||||
or, | 0.036x | = | 0.025 | |||||||
or, | x | = | 0.69 | |||||||
Thus, | ||||||||||
Weight of Stock K is 0.69 and of Stock L is 0.31 | ||||||||||
Step-2:Calculation of Investment in Stock K | ||||||||||
Investment in Stock K | = | Total Investment x Weight of Stock K | ||||||||
= | $ 17,200 | x | 0.69 | |||||||
= | $ 11,944.44 | |||||||||
2) | 13.82% | |||||||||
Working: | ||||||||||
Step-1:Calculation of Expected Return | ||||||||||
State of Economy | Probability of State of Economy |
Rate of Return if State Occurs |
Expectetd Return | |||||||
a | b | c=a*b | ||||||||
Recession | 0.23 | -0.111 | -0.02553 | |||||||
Normal | 0.26 | 0.126 | 0.03276 | |||||||
Boom | 0.51 | 0.236 | 0.12036 | |||||||
Total | 0.12759 | |||||||||
Step-2:Calculation of Variance | ||||||||||
State of Economy | Probability of State of Economy |
Rate of Return if State Occurs |
Expectetd Return | Variance | ||||||
a | b | c | d=((b-c)^2)*a | |||||||
Recession | 0.23 | -0.111 | 0.12759 | 0.013093 | ||||||
Normal | 0.26 | 0.126 | 0.12759 | 0.000001 | ||||||
Boom | 0.51 | 0.236 | 0.12759 | 0.005994 | ||||||
Total | 0.019087 | |||||||||
Step-3:Calculation of standard deviation | ||||||||||
Standard Deviation | = | Variance ^(1/2) | ||||||||
= | 0.01908734 | ^ (1/2) | ||||||||
= | 0.1382 | |||||||||
Thus, | ||||||||||
Standard Deviation of Return is 13.82% | ||||||||||