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6. The following are monthly rates of return for Madison Cookies and Sophie Electric during a
six-month period.
Madison
Month Cookies (R₁)
-.04
.06
-.07
.12
1
2
3
4
5
6
-.02
.05
Sophie
Electric (R)
.07
-.02
-.10
.15
-.06
.02
R₁-E(R₁)
-.057
.043
-.087
.103
-.037
.033
b. What is the average monthly return for each stock?
a. What level of correlation would you expect before performing any calculations?
c. What is the standard deviation for each stock?
R₁-E(R₁)
.06
-.03
-.11
.14
-.07
.01
[Ri-E(R₁)] x
[R₁-E(R₁)]
-.0034
-.0013
.0096
.0144
.0026
.0003
d. What is the covariance between the rates of returns?
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Transcribed Image Text:6. The following are monthly rates of return for Madison Cookies and Sophie Electric during a six-month period. Madison Month Cookies (R₁) -.04 .06 -.07 .12 1 2 3 4 5 6 -.02 .05 Sophie Electric (R) .07 -.02 -.10 .15 -.06 .02 R₁-E(R₁) -.057 .043 -.087 .103 -.037 .033 b. What is the average monthly return for each stock? a. What level of correlation would you expect before performing any calculations? c. What is the standard deviation for each stock? R₁-E(R₁) .06 -.03 -.11 .14 -.07 .01 [Ri-E(R₁)] x [R₁-E(R₁)] -.0034 -.0013 .0096 .0144 .0026 .0003 d. What is the covariance between the rates of returns? ezort no bozs potreivel bisbosta
e. What is the correlation coefficient between the rates of return?
f. Do these two stocks appear to be good choices for diversification? Why?
Eut.
g. What are the weights to achieve the minimum variance portfolio?
h. Based on those weights, what is the expected return on the portfolio and the
standard deviation of the portfolio?
Transcribed Image Text:e. What is the correlation coefficient between the rates of return? f. Do these two stocks appear to be good choices for diversification? Why? Eut. g. What are the weights to achieve the minimum variance portfolio? h. Based on those weights, what is the expected return on the portfolio and the standard deviation of the portfolio?
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