INTERMEDIATE FINAN.MGMT.(LL)-W/MINDTAP
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ISBN: 9780357533611
Author: Brigham
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 3, Problem 1MC
You have been hired at the investment firm of Bowers & Noon. One of its clients doesn’t understand the value of diversification or why stocks with the biggest standard deviations don’t always have the highest expected returns. Your assignment is to address the client’s concerns by showing the client how to answer the following questions:
a. Suppose Asset A has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 20%. Asset B has an expected return of 16% and a standard deviation of 40%. If the correlation between A and B is 0.35, what are the expected return and standard deviation for a portfolio consisting of 30% Asset A and 70% Asset B?
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