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"You own a portfolio that has 80% invested in asset A, and 20% invested in asset B. Asset A s standard deviation is 10% and asset B s standard deviation is 25%. The correlation coefficient between the two assets is -0.8. The expected return on the portfolio is 15%. The standard deviation for this portfolio is closest to:"

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0.25%
5.00%
4.36%
5.38%
0.29%

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