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You have a portfolio with a standard deviation of
25%
and an expected return of
17%.
You are considering adding one of the two stocks in the following table. If after adding the stock you will have
30%
of your money in the new stock and
70%
of your money in your existing portfolio, which one should you add?
Expected Return |
Standard Deviation |
Correlation with Your Portfolio's Returns |
|
Stock A |
14% |
25% |
0.2 |
Stock B |
14% |
18% |
0.6 |
Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock A is