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| Stock Returns | ||||
| Month | Stock A | Stock C | Stock H | Stock J |
| 1 | 6.36% | 23.39% | 8.00% | 6.00% |
| 2 | 9.20% | 17.97% | 7.00% | 2.06% |
| 3 | 4.02% | 19.99% | 5.00% | 3.61% |
| 4 | 9.48% | 8.88% | 6.00% | 2.04% |
| 5 | 3.93% | 24.30% | 9.00% | 3.07% |
| 6 | 9.02% | 9.85% | 5.60% | 4.69% |
| 7 | 8.50% | 14.78% | 4.60% | 5.68% |
| 8 | 7.28% | 12.98% | 9.40% | 5.32% |
| 9 | 6.78% | 17.48% | 6.80% | 2.31% |
| 10 | 10.45% | 9.91% | 3.50% | 2.63% |
| 11 | 8.92% | 9.39% | 4.90% | 2.58% |
| 12 | 7.81% | 19.19% | 5.80% | 2.98% |
| Please use the data to calculate the covariance matrix and correlation coefficient matrix. |
Covariance is calculated using COVARIANCE.S function in Excel
Correlation is calculated using CORREL function in Excel


The covariance and correlation matrix are calculated as above