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Consider the following covariances between securities:                    Duke       Microsoft        Walmart   Duke           0

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Consider the following covariances between securities:

 

                 Duke       Microsoft        Walmart

 

Duke           0.0568       − 0.0193        0.0037

 

Microsoft       − 0.0193      0.2420          0.1277

 

Walmart        0.0037       0.1277          0.1413

 

The variance on a portfolio that is made up of a $1,057 investments in Duke and a $3,068 investment in Walmart stock is ________.

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Computation of Variance of Portfolio:

Total Portfolio = Investment in Duke + Investment in Walmart = $1,057 + $3,068 = $4,125

Weight of Duke = Investment in Duke / Total portfolio = 1057 / 4125 = 25.62%

Weight of Walmart = Investment in Walmart / Total portfolio = 2357 / 3366 = 74.38%

 

Variance of Portfolio = Variance of Duke * Weight of Duke^2 + Variance of Walmart * Weight of Walmart^2 + 2 * Weight of Duke * Weight of Walmart * Covariance between Duke and Walmart

 = 0.0568 * 0.2562^2 + 0.1413 * 0.7438^2 + 2 * 0.2562 * 0.7438 * 0.0037

Variance of Portfolio = 0.0833

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