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Question 1 gives you the information of the stocks and their correlation, which will be used...

Question 1 gives you the information of the stocks and their correlation, which will be used in many of the following questions.

James, a portfolio manager, would like to form the following portfolio between Microsoft and Coca-Cola:

            Expected return (%)      Standard Deviation (%) Weight

Microsoft                 28                          42                    0.4                  

Coca-Cola              12.5                         21                    0.6

The correlation between the two stocks is 0.5.

What is the expected return of the portfolio? ______%

Now, suppose the correlation between the two stocks is -0.2. The other assumptions remain the same as question 1.

What is the standard deviation of the portfolio? ______%

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