Portfolio return and standard deviation Personal Finance Problem Jamie Wong is thinking of building an investment portfolio containing two stocks, L and M. Stock L will represent 40% of the dollar value of the portfolio, and stock M will account for the other 60%. The historical returns over the next 6 years, 2013-2018, for each of these stocks are shown in the following table: a. Calculate the actual portfolio return, 'p, for each of the 6 years. b. Calculate the expected value of portfolio returns, ip, over the 6-year period. c. Calculate the standard deviation of expected portfolio returns, op, over the 6-year period. d. How would you characterize the correlation of returns of the two stocks L and M? e. Discuss any benefits of diversification achieved by Jamie through creation of the portfolio. Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Expected return Stock L Stock M 15% 24% 17% 23% 19% 22% 19% 21% 21% 20% 22% 19%