Assume that the following data available for the portfolio, calculate the expected return,variance and standard deviation of the portfolio given stock A accounts for 45% and stockB accounts for 55% of your portfolio?                                                    A                                BExpected return                        12.5%                      18.5%Standard Deviation of return     15%                         20%Correlation of coefficient (p)      0

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