Explain what is meant by correlation and how it is used to measure the relationship between the

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Explain what is meant by correlation and how it is used to measure the relationship between the returns on two securities. How is correlation related to variance and covariance? Use mathematical formulae to illustrate your answer. If a portfolio has a positive investment in every asset, can the expected return on the portfolio be greater or less than on every asset in the portfolio?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780077173630

3rd Edition

Authors: David Hillier, Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan, Jeffrey F. Jaffe

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