Given the re-stated information below (and expected returns you should have already calculated), what is the correlation between Stock A and B returns? Enter correlation rounded to 4th digit, as in "0.1234"
Risk and return
Before understanding the concept of Risk and Return in Financial Management, understanding the two-concept Risk and return individually is necessary.
Capital Asset Pricing Model
Capital asset pricing model, also known as CAPM, shows the relationship between the expected return of the investment and the market at risk. This concept is basically used particularly in the case of stocks or shares. It is also used across finance for pricing assets that have higher risk identity and for evaluating the expected returns for the assets given the risk of those assets and also the cost of capital.
Given the re-stated information below (and expected returns you should have already calculated), what is the correlation between Stock A and B returns? Enter correlation rounded to 4th digit, as in "0.1234"
![State
Dep
Rec
Norm
Boom
Prob
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.2
Stock A
Return A
-0.25
0.12
0.33
0.42
Stock B
Return B
0.04
0.18
-0.12
0.08](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8cffa4b1-dd6c-47e8-b6b5-7f9bcfaadb11%2F096aa9ee-3c03-4109-9328-f1914b7bbd68%2F0v509aq_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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