Suppose that Jerry Tan has surplus funds to invest in both stocks, Alpha and Beta. He has decided to form a portfolio with investment in both stocks. The correlation coefficient between the expected return of both stocks is 0.8 and the weightage of investment is 40% for Stock Alpha and 60% for Stock Beta. Required: (i) Compute the expected return of the portfolio.  (ii) Compute the variance of the portfolio.  (iii) Compute the standard deviation of the portfolio.

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Suppose that Jerry Tan has surplus funds to invest in both stocks, Alpha and Beta. He has decided to form a portfolio with investment in both stocks. The correlation coefficient between the expected return of both stocks is 0.8 and the weightage of investment is 40% for Stock Alpha and 60% for Stock Beta.
Required:
(i) Compute the expected return of the portfolio. 
(ii) Compute the variance of the portfolio. 
(iii) Compute the standard deviation of the portfolio.

Jerry Tan is considering two mutually exclusive investments: Stock Alpha and Stock Beta.
There are three equally likely outcomes for the economy: a recession, normal growth, and a
boom. The probabilities of the three outcomes are equally likely, and the rate of return of
Stock Alpha and Stock Beta are as follows:
(a)
Stock Alpha
Stock Beta
Outcome
Return (%)
Outcome
Return (%)
Recession
Normal Growth
8
Recession
15
20
Normal
20
Boom
25
Boom
40
Transcribed Image Text:Jerry Tan is considering two mutually exclusive investments: Stock Alpha and Stock Beta. There are three equally likely outcomes for the economy: a recession, normal growth, and a boom. The probabilities of the three outcomes are equally likely, and the rate of return of Stock Alpha and Stock Beta are as follows: (a) Stock Alpha Stock Beta Outcome Return (%) Outcome Return (%) Recession Normal Growth 8 Recession 15 20 Normal 20 Boom 25 Boom 40
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