Price Today, A
Price Today, B
State Tomorrow
Probability
Price Tomorrow, A
Price Tomorrow, B
30
20
Good
0.5
60
40
Bad
0.5
15
5
1a). Given the following information, calculate the
correlation coefficient between the returns on
stocks A and B
a. 0
b. 0.25
c. 0.5
d. 0.75
e. 1
1b). Calculate expected return and standard deviation of
the portfolio that is allocated 40% to A, 60% to B.