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(a) Using the following information calculate the portfolio (p/f) return and risk of a portfolio consisting of two assets: Stock Expected return Standard deviation (std)

(a) Using the following information calculate the portfolio (p/f) return and risk of a portfolio consisting of two assets:

Stock

Expected return

Standard deviation (std)

P/f weight

Toronto stock index (STX)

4%

3.5%

0.60

U.S. stock index (S&P 500)

5%

2%

0.40

Correlation (STX, S&P500)

0.25

(b) Recalculate the portfolio expected return and risk by (i) changing the correlation to -0.25 and (ii) changing the weight to 0.40 for STX and 0.60 for S&P500 and comment on the differences in the results of (a) and (b). (20 points)

Note: The covariance of two stocks A and B (cov (A, B) is equal to correlation coefficient (A, B)*std of A*std of B.

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