Use the following table of states of the economy and stock returns to answer the review problems:
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Security Returns If State Occurs |
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State of Economy |
Probability of State of Economy |
Roten |
Bradley |
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Bust |
0.4 |
10% |
30% |
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Boom |
0.6 |
40 |
10 |
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1 |
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1. Expected Returns Calculate the expected returns for Roten and Bradley.
2. Standard Deviations Calculate the standard deviations for Roten and Bradley.
3. Portfolio Expected Returns Calculate the expected return on a portfolio of 50 percent Roten and 50 percent Bradley.
4. Portfolio Volatility Calculate the volatility of a portfolio of 50 percent Roten and 50 percent Bradley