ANSWER

		Rate of Return if State Occurs
State of	Probability of State
Economy	of Economy	Stock A	Stock B	Stock C
Boom	.66	.09	.03	.24
Bust	.34	.13	.19	.04

Required:

(a)	What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimalplaces(e.g., 32.16).)

Expected return

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(b)	What is the variance of a portfolio invested 21 percent each in A and B and 58 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 5 decimal places (e.g., 32.16161).)