Brandon Stark is the Investment Manager at Redwood Investment Management and is currently considering whether to make an investment in the stocks of Bravos Inc. (BRA) and Dragonstone Ltd. (DGS). During his research, he noted that the performance of the two companies will hinge greatly on how the national economy performs in the coming year. Specifically, he is studying the following possible outcomes: State of the Economy Probability of Occurrence Expected Return (%) BRA DGS Expansion 45% 15% 25% Normal 20% 10% 20% Recession 1% Brandon is considering investing a total of $4 million, with an investment of $2,500,000 in DGS stocks and the remainder in BRA stocks. He knows that the two stocks tend to earn high returns and low returns at about the same times in the business cycle and as such has assigned a correlation coefficient of 0.80. Required: (1) Define systematic and unsystematic risk. (5 marks) Define and briefly discuss the value of diversification for investors. (4 marks) (1) (iii) Calculate the expected retum and standard deviation of each stock and state which stock has the highest risk and why. (8 marks) (iv) If Brandon invests in the two stocks as planned, calculate the expected return on his portfolio as well as the standard deviation. (8 marks) Brandon Stark is the Investment Manager at Redwood Investment Management and is currently considering whether to make an investment in the stocks of Bravos Inc. (BRA) and Dragonstone Ltd. (DGS). During his research, he noted that the performance of the two companies will hinge greatly on how the national economy performs in the coming year. Specifically, he is studying the following possible outcomes: State of the Economy Probability of Occurrence Expected Return (%) BRA DGS Expansion 45% 15% 25% Normal 20% 10% 20% Recession 1% Brandon is considering investing a total of $4 million, with an investment of $2,500,000 in DGS stocks and the remainder in BRA stocks. He knows that the two stocks tend to earn high returns and low returns at about the same times in the business cycle and as such has assigned a correlation coefficient of 0.80. Required: (1) Define systematic and unsystematic risk. (5 marks) Define and briefly discuss the value of diversification for investors. (4 marks) (1) (iii) Calculate the expected retum and standard deviation of each stock and state which stock has the highest risk and why. (8 marks) (iv) If Brandon invests in the two stocks as planned, calculate the expected return on his portfolio as well as the standard deviation. (8 marks)