Stock a has a standard deviation of 25% per year and Stock b has a standard deviation of 20% per year. The correlation between Stock a and Stock b is .30. You know you have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein Stock b has a portfolio weight of 40%. What is your portfolio variance?
Stock a has a standard deviation of 25% per year and Stock b has a standard...
Q1) A stock fund has an expected return of 15% and a standard deviation of 25% and a bond fund has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 10%. The correlation between the two funds is 0.25. The risk free rate is 5%. What is the (a) expected return and (b) standard deviation of the portfolio with 70% weight in the stock portfolio and 30% weight in the bond portfolio? Q2) The variance of Stock A is...
A portfolio is composed of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 20%, while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 26%. Stock A comprises 60% of the portfolio, while stock B comprises 40% of the portfolio. If the variance of return on the portfolio is .035, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is _________.
A portfolio is comprised of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 25% while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 5%. Stock A comprises 20% of the portfolio while stock B comprises 80% of the portfolio. If the variance of return on the portfolio is .0080, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is __________. A. -.975 B. -.025 C. .025 D. .975
A portfolio is composed of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 5% while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 15%. The correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is .5. Stock A comprises 40% of the portfolio while stock B comprises 60% of the portfolio. The variance of return on the portfolio is __________.
A portfolio is composed of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 18%, while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 24%. Stock A comprises 60% of the portfolio, while stock B comprises 40% of the portfolio. If the variance of return on the portfolio is 0.033, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is _________. 0.584 0.140 0.351 0.234
20. Stock A has a standard deviation of 20%. Stock B has a standard deviation of 12%. The correlation coefficient between A and B is 0.5. If you are 60% in A and 40% in B, what is the standard deviation of your portfolio?
Consider two stocks. Stock A has a standard deviation of 56% and stock B has a standard deviation of 37%. The stocks have a correlation of -0.05. You plan to invest $6,113 into stock A and $6,720 into stock B. What is the standard deviation of your two stock portfolio? (round weights to 3 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places).
Consider two stocks. Stock A has a standard deviation of 46% and stock B has a standard deviation of 52%. The stocks have a correlation of 0.78. You plan to invest $7,607 into stock A and $6,081 into stock B. What is the standard deviation of your two stock portfolio? (round weights to 3 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places).
A portfolio is composed of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 35%, while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 15%. The correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is .45. Stock A comprises 40% of the portfolio, while stock B comprises 60% of the portfolio. The standard deviation of the return on this portfolio is _________. Please show all work.
Assume the standard deviation of stock A is 10% and the standard deviation of stock B is 50%. You have bought $10,000 worth of stock A and $30,000 worth of stock B. If the correlation coefficient between the two stocks is -0.20 (negative!), what is the standard deviation of this two-stock portfolio? a) 34.8% b) 35.8% c) 36.3% d) 37.1% e) 37.5%