12. value:

10.00 points

Consider the following information:

		Rate of Return If State Occurs
State of	Probability of
Economy	State of Economy	Stock A	Stock B	Stock C
Boom		.15			.33			.43			.23
Good		.55			.18			.14			.12
Poor		.25			.05			.08			.06
Bust		.05			.13			.18			.10

a.	Your portfolio is invested 26 percent each in A and C, and 48 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio?(Do not round intermediate calculaitons. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Expected return

%

b-1	What is the variance of this portfolio?(Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., 32.16161.)

Variance

b-2	What is the standard deviation?(Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Standard deviation

%

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