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Expected return and Variance on a portfolio of 3 assets

Consider the following information:

 



Rate of Return if State Occurs
State ofProbability of State
Economyof EconomyStock AStock BStock C
  Boom.60              .18        .04        .31       
  Bust.40              .03        .16        –.11       

 



a.

What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

b.What is the variance of a portfolio invested 20 percent each in A and B and 60 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.)


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