Return on Investment
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Suppose you have invested only in two stocks, A and B. The returns on the two stocks depend on the following three states of the economy, which are equally likely to happen:
State of Economy Return on Stock A (%) Return on Stock B (%)
Bear 6.30 -3.70
Normal 10.50 6.40
Bull 15.60 25.30
1. Calculate the expected return on each stock
2. Calculate the standard deviation of returns on each stock.
3. Calculate the covariance and correlation between the returns on the two stocks.
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Return on investment, with calculations please.
Suppose you have invested only in two stocks, A and B. The returns on the two stocks depend on the following three states of the economy, which are equally likely to happen:
State of Economy Return on Stock A (%) Return on Stock B (%)
Bear 6.30 -3.70
Normal 10.50 6.40
Bull 15.60 25.30
1. Calculate the ...
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