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Suppose you invest 70% of your portfolio in Coca Cola and the remainder in Pepsi. The expected dollar return on your Coca Cola investment is 14.1% and on Pepsi is 10.0%. The standard deviation of returns was 21% for Coca Cola and 17% for Pepsi. Assume a correlation coefficient of 0.8. Calculate the portfolio standard deviation.
| Standard Deviation of portfolio=√(W Coca Cola^2 × σ Coca Cola^2) +(W Pepsi^2 × σ Pepsi^2)+2 × r × W Coca Cola × W Pepsi × σ Coca Cola × σ Pepsi | ||
| Where, | ||
| W Coca Cola=Weight of Coca Cola | ||
| W Pepsi=Weight of Pepsi | ||
| σ Coca Cola=Standard Deviation of Coca Cola | ||
| r = correlation coefficient | ||
| =√(0.7^2 × 21%^2) +(0.3^2 × 17%^2) + 2×0.8 × 0.7 × 0.3 × 21% × 17% | ||
| =√216.09+26.01+119.952 | ||
| =√242.1 | ||
| =19.03% | ||