There are two stocks in the market, Stock A and Stock B. The price of Stock A today is $80. The price of Stock A next year will be $69 if the economy is in a recession, $92 if the economy is normal, and $102 if the economy is expanding. The probabilities of recession, normal times, and expansion are .25, .55, and .20, respectively. Stock A pays no dividends and has a correlation of .75 with the market portfolio. Stock B has an expected return of 14.5 percent, a standard deviation of 34.5 percent, a correlation with the market portfolio of .29, and a correlation with Stock A of .41. The market portfolio has a standard deviation of 18.5 percent.

There are two stocks in the market, Stock A and Stock B. The price of Stock A today is $80. The price of Stock A next year will be $69 if the economy is in a recession, $92 if the economy is normal, and $102 if the economy is expanding. The probabilities of recession, normal times, and expansion are .25,.55, and .20 , respectively. Stock A pays no dividends and has a correlation of .75 with the market portfolio. Stock B has an expected return of 14.5 percent, a standard deviation of 34.5 percent, a correlation with the market portfolio of .29 , and a correlation with Stock A of .41. The market portfolio has a standard deviation of 18.5 percent. Assume the CAPM holds. a-1. What is the return for each state of the economy for Stock A ? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a- What is the expected return of Stock A ? (Do not round intermediate calculations 2. and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a- What is the variance of Stock A ? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round 3. your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g., .1616.) a- What is the standard deviation of Stock A ? (Do not round intermediate calculations 4. and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a- What is the beta of Stock A? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round 5. your answer to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.) a- What is the beta of Stock B? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round 6. your answer to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.)