Consider the following information: State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom 0.74 0.19 0.17 0.29 Bust 0.26 0.07 0.05 0.05

a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks?

b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 30 percent each in A and B and 40 percent in C?

State of Economy Boom Bust Probability of State of Economy 0.74 0.26 Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Stock C 0.19 0.17 0.29 0.07 0.05 0.05 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks