Question 1 ( 20 points) Consider an investor's choice of a farm unit in the Corn Belt, one in the California Central Valley, or the one in the Great Plains region. An investor added these three assets in one portfolio. The portfolio composed of equal proportions of the three investments. Use the information in the table below to answer the questions that follows (show all your work for partial credits). a. Calculate the expected return of the portfolio. ( 3 points) b. Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of the portfolio. (4 points) c. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the portfolio assuming that the correlation among the investments is all equal to 0 . (5 points) d. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the portfolio assuming that the correlation among the investments is all equal to 1. (5 points) e. Which scenario should the investor prefer [i.e., (b.), (c.), or (d.)]? Explain your answer. (3 points) Question 2 (5 points) What conditions must exist for diversification to be an effective risk response? How does correlation affect diversification