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Stocks A and B have the following returns: (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet

Finance Dec 01, 2020

Stocks A and B have the following returns: (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) 1 2 3 Stock A 0.08 0.06 0.14 -0.02 0.07 Stock B 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.01 -0.03 4 5 a. What are the expected returns of the two stocks? b. What are the standard deviations of the returns of the two stocks? c. If their correlation is 0.44, what is the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio of 75% stock A and 25% stock B? The expected return for stock A is 0.066. (Round to three decimal places.) The expected return for stock B is 0.028 . (Round to three decimal places.) b. What are the standard deviations of the returns of the two stocks? The standard deviation of the return for stock Ais 0.0573. (Round to four decimal places.) The standard deviation of the return for stock B is 0.0390 . (Round to four decimal places.) c. If their correlation is 0.44, what is the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio of 75% stock A and 25% stock B? The expected return for the portfolio is 0.0565. (Round to four decimal places.) The standard deviation of the return for the portfolio is 0.0046. (Round to four decimal places.)

Expert Solution

For the following data

 

Stock A

Stock B

1

0.08

0.07

2

0.06

0.04

3

0.14

0.05

4

-0.02

0.01

5

0.07

-0.03

Expected Avg return = Sum of return / N

 

Stock A

Stock B

1

0.08

0.07

2

0.06

0.04

3

0.14

0.05

4

-0.02

0.01

5

0.07

-0.03

     

Expected Return

0.066

0.028

Stock A expected return = 0.08 + 0.06 + 0.14……+0.07 / 5 = 0.066

Stock b = 0.028

Standard Deviation

Std Dev = ((R1-Avg return )^2 +(R2-Avg return)^2 + (R3-Avg return )^2… upto R5 / n-1)^1/2

Std dev A = (0.08-0.066 )^2 +(0.06-0.066)^2 ……+ (R3-Avg return )^2… upto R5 / n-1)^1/2 = 0.057

Std dev of B = 0.039

 

Stock A

Stock B

1

0.08

0.07

2

0.06

0.04

3

0.14

0.05

4

-0.02

0.01

5

0.07

-0.03

     

Expected Return

0.066

0.028

Standard Deviation

0.057

0.039

Portfolio Standard Deviation

Standard Deviation of a portfolio of 2 Assets

***Std dev = ((w1^2)(sd1)^2) + (W2^2 sd2^2) + (2*w1*w2*sd1*sd2*correlation ) ) ^ ½***

Where the correlation is given to be 0.44

Asset

Exp return

Std dev

 

A

0.066

0.057

 

B

0.028

0.039

 
       

Correlation

0.44

   
       
       

Asset 1

Asset 2

Std Dev

Exp Return

75%

25%

0.048

0.057

Expected return of the portfolio = p1*r1 + p2*r2

=75%*0.066 +25% * 0..028 = 0.057

Std dev

Std dev = ((w1^2)(sd1)^2) + (W2^2 sd2^2) + (2*w1*w2*sd1*sd2*correlation ) ) ^ 1/2

Std dev = ((0.75^2)(0.057)^2) + (0.25^2 0.039^2) + (2*0.75*0.25*0.057*0.039*0.44 ) ) ^ ½

= 0.048

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