In: Finance
Consider the following information: |
Rate of Return if State Occurs | ||||
State of |
Probability of State |
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Economy | of Economy | Stock A | Stock B | Stock C |
Boom | .69 | .12 | .06 | .37 |
Bust | .31 | .26 | .32 | –.17 |
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Required: |
(a) |
What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) |
Expected return | % |
(b) |
What is the variance of a portfolio invested 24 percent each in A and B and 52 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 5 decimal places (e.g., 32.16161).) |
Variance of a portfolio |