Returns and Standard Deviations Consider the following information:

   

Rate of   Return If State Occurs

State of Economy

Probability of State of Economy

Stock A

Stock B

Stock C

Boom

0.2

0.18

0.48

0.33

Good

0.4

0.11

0.18

0.15

Poor

0.3

0.05

.09

.05

Bust

0.1

.03

.32

.09

a. Your portfolio is invested 25 percent each in A and C, and 50 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio?

b. What is the variance of this portfolio? The standard deviation?