Stock A has an expected return of 20 percent and a standard
deviation of 38 percent....
Stock A has an expected return of 20 percent and a standard
deviation of 38 percent. Stock B has an expected return of 26
percent and a standard deviation of 42 percent. Calculate the
expected return and standard deviations for portfolios with the 6
different weights shown below assuming a correlation coefficient of
0.28 between the returns of stock A and B.
WA
WB
1.00 0.00
0.80 0.20
0.60 0.40
0.40 0.60
0.20 0.80
0.00 1.00
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7. Stock A has an expected return of 20 percent and a standard
deviation of 38 percent. Stock B has an expected return of 26
percent and a standard deviation of 42 percent. Calculate the
expected return and standard deviations for portfolios with the 6
different weights shown below assuming a correlation coefficient of
0.28 between the returns of stock A and B.
WA
WB
1.00 0.00
0.80 0.20
0.60 0.40
0.40 0.60
0.20 0.80...
Stock A has an expected return of 20% and a standard deviation
of 28%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a standard
deviation of 13%. The risk-free rate is 6.6% and the correlation
between Stock A and Stock B is 0.2. Build the optimal risky
portfolio of Stock A and Stock B. What is the expected return on
this portfolio?
Consider two stocks, Stock D, with an expected return of 20
percent and a standard deviation of 35 percent, and Stock I, an
international company, with an expected return of 8 percent and a
standard deviation of 23 percent. The correlation between the two
stocks is −.21. What are the expected return and standard deviation
of the minimum variance portfolio? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded
to 2 decimal places.)
Stock JAY has an expected return of 13 percent and a standard
deviation of 75 percent. Stock ELIZABETH has an expected return of
9 percent and a standard deviation of 42 percent. The covariancr
between the two stocks is .07. you invest 1/3 of your money in JAY
and the rest in ELIZABETH. What is the variance of the portfolios
returns?
Tyler Trucks stock has an annual return mean and standard
deviation of 15 percent and 38 percent, respectively. Michael Moped
Manufacturing stock has an annual return mean and standard
deviation of 11.4 percent and 56 percent, respectively. Your
portfolio allocates equal funds to Tyler Trucks stock and Michael
Moped Manufacturing stock. The return correlation between Tyler
Trucks and Michael Moped Manufacturing is 0.5. What is the smallest
expected loss for your portfolio in the coming month with a
probability of...
The stock of Bruin, Inc., has an expected return of 16 percent
and a standard
deviation of 30 percent. The stock of Wildcat Co. has an expected
return of 8
percent and a standard deviation of 14 percent. The correlation
between the two
stocks is .20.
Required:
a) What are the expected return and standard deviation of a
portfolio that is
40 percent invested in Bruin, Inc., and 60 percent invested in
Wildcat Co.?
b) What is the standard deviation...
The stock of Bruin, Inc., has an expected return of 22 percent
and a standard deviation of 37 percent. The stock of Wildcat Co.
has an expected return of 12 percent and a standard deviation of 52
percent. The correlation between the two stocks is .49. Calculate
the expected return and standard deviation of the minimum variance
portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter
your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal
places.)
1. Asset A has an expected return of 15% and standard deviation of
20%. Asset B has an expected return of 20% and standard deviation
of 15%. The riskfree rate is 5%. A risk-averse investor would
prefer a portfolio using the risk-free asset and _______.
A) asset A
B) asset B
C) no risky asset
D) cannot tell from data provided2. The Sharpe-ratio is useful for
A) borrowing capital for investing
B) investing available capital
C) correctly...
Expected Return Standard Deviation
Stock fund (S)
20%
30%
Bond fund (B)
12%
15%
Correlation = .10
7. If you were to use only the two risky funds, and still
require an expected return of 14%, what would be the investment
proportions of your portfolio? Compare its standard deviation to
that of the optimized portfolio in Problem 9. What do you
conclude?
Problem 9
Stock Expected Return
Standard Deviation
A
10%
5%
B...
Stock X has an expected return of 11% and the standard deviation
of the expected return is 12%. Stock Z has an expected return of 9%
and the standard deviation of the expected return is 18%. The
correlation between the returns of the two stocks is +0.2. These
are the only two stocks in a hypothetical world.
A.What is the expected return and the
standard deviation of a portfolio consisting of 90% Stock X and 10%
Stock Z? Will any...