Consider the following six months of returns for two stocks and a portfolio of those two stocks: Note: The portfolio is composed of 50% of Stock A and 50% of Stock B. a. What is the expected return and standard deviation of returns for each of the two stocks? b. What is the expected return and standard deviation of returns for the portfolio? c. Is the portfolio more or less risky than the two stocks? Why? Question content area bottom Part 1 a.) What is the expected return and standard deviation of returns for each of the two stocks? The expected return of Stock A is ( ) enter your response here%. (Round to one decimal place.) The expected return of Stock B is ( ) enter your response here%. (Round to one decimal place.) The standard deviation of Stock A is () enter your response here % (Round to one decimal place) The standard deviation of Stock B is () enter your response here % (Round to one decimal place) b) What is the expected return and standard deviation of returns for the portfolio? The expected return of portfolio composed of 50% Stock A and 50% Stock B is The expected return of portfolio composed of 50% Stock B and 50% Stock B is c.) Is the portfolio more or less risky than the two stocks? Why? % % A. The portfolio is less risky than the two stocks. It has the same expected return but a standard deviation of 1, compared to standard deviations of 0.04195 for both stocks. B. The portfolio is less risky than the two stocks. It has the same expected return but a standard deviation of 0, compared to standard deviations of 0.04195 for both stocks. C. The portfolio is less risky than the two stocks. It has the same expected return but a standard deviation of 0.04195, compared to standard deviations of 0 for both stocks. D. The portfolio is more risky than the two stocks. It has the same expected return but a standard deviation of 0, compared to standard deviations of 0.04195 for both stocks. Monthly Returns Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Stock A Stock B 3% 6% -5% - 1% -4% 7% 4% - 2% - 1% 5% 3% - 3% Portfolio 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% - |