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 .55 .15 .22 .42 Bust .45 .14 .04 ?.05 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? Ans: 16.43

What is the variance of a portfolio invested 24 percent each in A and B and 52 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.)