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1.
Stock Fund | Bond Fund | ||
Scenario | Probability | Rate of Return | Rate of Return |
Recession | 0.35 | −9.0% | 5.0% |
Normal | 0.40 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
Boom | 0.25 | 28.0% | −6.5% |
Determine the mean return for the stock fund. Use the excel spreadsheet template.
2.
Stock Fund | Bond Fund | ||
Scenario | Probability | Rate of Return | Rate of Return |
Recession | 0.35 | −9.0% | 5.0% |
Normal | 0.40 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
Boom | 0.25 | 28.0% | −6.5% |
Determine the mean return for the bond fund.
3.
Stock Fund | Bond Fund | ||
Scenario | Probability | Rate of Return | Rate of Return |
Recession | 0.35 | −9.0% | 5.0% |
Normal | 0.40 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
Boom | 0.25 | 28.0% | −6.5% |
Find the standard deviation of returns on the stock fund.
4.
Stock Fund | Bond Fund | ||
Scenario | Probability | Rate of Return | Rate of Return |
Recession | 0.35 | −9.0% | 5.0% |
Normal | 0.40 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
Boom | 0.25 | 28.0% | −6.5% |
Find the standard deviation of returns bond fund.
5.
Stock Fund | Bond Fund | ||
Scenario | Probability | Rate of Return | Rate of Return |
Recession | 0.35 | −9.0% | 5.0% |
Normal | 0.40 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
Boom | 0.25 | 28.0% | −6.5% |
Determine the mean return on a combined portfolio (stocks “s” and bonds “b”) that consists of 50% in the stock fund and 50% in the bond fund.
6.
Stock Fund | Bond Fund | ||
Scenario | Probability | Rate of Return | Rate of Return |
Recession | 0.35 | −9.0% | 5.0% |
Normal | 0.40 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
Boom | 0.25 | 28.0% | −6.5% |
Calculate the standard deviation of the combined portfolio.
7.
Stock Fund | Bond Fund | ||
Scenario | Probability | Rate of Return | Rate of Return |
Recession | 0.35 | −9.0% | 5.0% |
Normal | 0.40 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
Boom | 0.25 | 28.0% | −6.5% |
Calculate the correlation of the combined portfolio.