Consider the following Information: Rate of Return If State Occurs State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Boom .58 Stock A .08 Stock B .17 Stock C .37 Bust .42 14 .06 -.04 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 6 decimal places, e.g., .161616.) a. Expected return b. Variance %
Consider the following Information: Rate of Return If State Occurs State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Boom .58 Stock A .08 Stock B .17 Stock C .37 Bust .42 14 .06 -.04 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 6 decimal places, e.g., .161616.) a. Expected return b. Variance %
Chapter13: Investment Fundamentals
Section13.1: Starting Your Investment Program
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following Information:
Rate of Return If State Occurs
State of Economy
Probability of State
of Economy
Boom
.58
Stock A
.08
Stock B
.17
Stock C
.37
Bust
.42
14
.06
-.04
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 6
decimal places, e.g., .161616.)
a. Expected return
b. Variance
%
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