In: Finance
| Consider the following information: | 
| Rate of Return if State Occurs | ||||
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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 |