You are creating a new portfolio by investing 50% of your money in a stock fund and the rest in a bond fund. The expected return is 14% on the stock fund and 6% on the bond funor The standard deviation is 24% for the stock fund and 12% for the bond fund. The correlation between the stock and bond funds is 0.55. What is the standard deviation of your portfolio? A.2.59% B.8.86% OC. 16.1% OD. 15.4%

You are creating a new portfolio by investing 50% of your money in a stock fund and the rest in a bond fund. The expected return is 14% on the stock fund and 6% on the bond funor The standard deviation is 24% for the stock fund and 12% for the bond fund. The correlation between the stock and bond funds is 0.55. What is the standard deviation of your portfolio? A.2.59% B.8.86% OC. 16.1% OD. 15.4%

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