In: Finance
You decide to invest in a portfolio consisting of 30 percent
Stock A, 47 percent Stock B, and the remainder in Stock C. Based on
the following information, what is the variance of your
portfolio?
| State of Economy | Probability of State | Return if State Occurs | ||||||||||
| of Economy | Stock A | Stock B | Stock C | |||||||||
| Recession | .114 | − | 10.10% | − | 3.50% | − | 12.50% | |||||
| Normal | .665 | 9.40% | 10.66% | 16.90% | ||||||||
| Boom | .221 | 21.55% | 25.11% | 29.81% | ||||||||