Consider the following information: Rate of return if state occurs. State of economy Boom Bust Probability of state of economy 0.54 0.46 Stock A 0.12 Stock B 0.20 Stock C 0.38 0.14 0.04 -0.07 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Expected return % b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 18 percent each in A and B, and 64 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 6 decimal places.) Variance
Consider the following information: Rate of return if state occurs. State of economy Boom Bust Probability of state of economy 0.54 0.46 Stock A 0.12 Stock B 0.20 Stock C 0.38 0.14 0.04 -0.07 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Expected return % b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 18 percent each in A and B, and 64 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 6 decimal places.) Variance
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![Consider the following information:
Rate of return if state occurs.
State of economy
Boom
Bust
Probability of
state of economy
0.54
0.46
Stock A
0.12
Stock B
0.20
Stock C
0.38
0.14
0.04
-0.07
a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate
calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)
Expected return
%
b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 18 percent each in A and B, and 64 percent in C? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 6 decimal places.)
Variance](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F3b065a88-280f-415d-b754-fca66f95809b%2F0c22e0ba-b46c-4034-a551-eb9d08009003%2Fd2ncceh_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following information:
Rate of return if state occurs.
State of economy
Boom
Bust
Probability of
state of economy
0.54
0.46
Stock A
0.12
Stock B
0.20
Stock C
0.38
0.14
0.04
-0.07
a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate
calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)
Expected return
%
b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 18 percent each in A and B, and 64 percent in C? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 6 decimal places.)
Variance
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