You have a portfolio with a standard deviation of 30% and an expected return of 18%. You are considering adding one of the two stocks in the following table. If after adding the stock you will have 20% of your money in the new stock and 80% of your money in your existing portfolio, which one should you add? Stock A Stock B Expected Return 15% 15% Standard Deviation 25% 20% Correlation with Your Portfolio's Returns 0.2 0.6 Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock A is 25.48%. (Round to two decimal places.) Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock B is 26.59%. (Round to two decimal places.) Which stock should you add and why? (Select the best choice below.) A. Add B because the portfolio is less risky when B is added. B. Add A because the portfolio is less risky when A is added. OC. Add either one because both portfolios are equally risky.

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question
You have a portfolio with a standard deviation of 30% and an expected return of 18%. You are considering
adding one of the two stocks in the following table. If after adding the stock you will have 20% of your money
in the new stock and 80% of your money in your existing portfolio, which one should you add?
Stock A
Stock B
Expected
Return
15%
15%
Standard
Deviation
25%
20%
Correlation with
Your Portfolio's Returns
XXX
0.2
0.6
Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock A is 25.48%. (Round to two decimal places.)
Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock B is 26.59 %. (Round to two decimal places.)
Which stock should you add and why? (Select the best choice below.)
A. Add B because the portfolio is less risky when B is added.
B. Add A because the portfolio is less risky when A is added.
OC. Add either one because both portfolios are equally risky.
Transcribed Image Text:You have a portfolio with a standard deviation of 30% and an expected return of 18%. You are considering adding one of the two stocks in the following table. If after adding the stock you will have 20% of your money in the new stock and 80% of your money in your existing portfolio, which one should you add? Stock A Stock B Expected Return 15% 15% Standard Deviation 25% 20% Correlation with Your Portfolio's Returns XXX 0.2 0.6 Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock A is 25.48%. (Round to two decimal places.) Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock B is 26.59 %. (Round to two decimal places.) Which stock should you add and why? (Select the best choice below.) A. Add B because the portfolio is less risky when B is added. B. Add A because the portfolio is less risky when A is added. OC. Add either one because both portfolios are equally risky.
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 2 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Risk and Return
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, finance and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education