Question 1 (8 Marks)

Starc Enterprises is a listed company specialising in issuing portfolio of loans to high capital investment projects. Recently, it has issued loan to Company Alpha and Company Beta for R2 200 000 and R3 300 000, respectively. Loan granted to Company Alpha has a 17 percent expected return and 25 percent standard deviation. The other loan has a 9 percent expected return and 15 percent standard deviation. It is estimated that the covariance between the two loans is 2%. Determine the excepted return and standard deviation of the portfolio.