In: Finance
You decide to invest in a portfolio consisting of 34 percent
Stock A, 45 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 | .112 | − | 9.90% | − | 3.30% | − | 12.30% | |||||
| Normal | .661 | 9.20% | 10.62% | 16.70% | ||||||||
| Boom | .227 | 21.51% | 25.03% | 29.73% | ||||||||