As mentioned above Risk in holding only ECB is 39.76% while portfolio risk is 11.07%.
To calculate this one can use modern portfolio theory.
QUESTION 7 Your uncle holds just one stock, East Coast Bank (ECB). You agree that this...
https://d.pr/i/d79jej Assume that your uncle holds just one stock, East Coast Bank (ECB), which he thinks has very little risk. You agree that the stock is relatively safe, but you want to demonstrate that his risk would be even lower if he were more diversified. You obtain the following returns data for West Coast Bank (WCB). Both banks have had less variability than most other stocks over the past 5 years. Measured by the standard deviation of returns, by how...
Q1. Hazel Morrison, a mutual fund manager, has a $60 million portfolio with a beta of 1.00. The risk-free rate is 3.25%, and the market risk premium is 6.00%. Hazel expects to receive an additional $40 million, which she plans to invest in additional stocks. After investing the additional funds, she wants the fund's required and expected return to be 15%. What must the average beta of the new stocks be to achieve the target required rate of return? Q2....