Deck 11: Diversification and Risky Asset Allocation

Question 1

An efficient portfolio is one that does which of the following?

A)offers the highest return for the lowest possible cost
B)provides an evenly weighted portfolio of diverse assets
C)eliminates all risk while providing an expected positive rate of return
D)lies on the vertical axis when graphing expected returns against standard deviation
E)offers the highest return for a given level of risk

Answer 1

E

Question 2

You own a stock which is expected to return 14% in a booming economy and 9% in a normal economy. If the probability of a booming economy decreases, your expected return will:

A)decrease.
B)either remain constant or decrease.
C)remain constant.
D)increase.
E)either remain constant or increase.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

You own a stock that will produce varying rates of return based upon the state of the economy. Which one of the following will measure the risk associated with owning that stock?

A)weighted average return given the multiple states of the economy
B)rate of return for a given economic state
C)variance of the returns given the multiple states of the economy
D)correlation between the returns given the various states of the economy
E)correlation of the weighted average return as compared to the market

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Correlation is the:

A)squared measure of a security's total risk.
B)extent to which the returns on two assets move together.
C)measurement of the systematic risk contained in an asset.
D)daily return on an asset compared to its previous daily return.
E)spreading of an investment across a number of assets.

Question 5

The division of an investor's portfolio dollars among various types of assets is referred to as:

A)the minimum variance portfolio.
B)the efficient frontier.
C)correlation.
D)asset allocation.
E)setting the investment opportunities.

Question 6

What is the extra compensation paid to an investor who invests in a risky asset rather than in a risk-free asset?

A)efficient return
B)correlated value
C)risk premium
D)expected return
E)realized return

Question 7

If the future return on a security is known with absolute certainty, then the risk premium on that security should be equal to:

A)zero.
B)the risk-free rate.
C)the market rate.
D)the market rate minus the risk-free rate.
E)the risk-free rate plus one-half the market rate.

Question 8

Which of the following affect the expected rate of return for a portfolio?
I. weight of each security held in the portfolio
II. the probability of various economic states occurring
III. the variance of each individual security
IV. the expected rate of return of each security given each economic state

A)I and IV only
B)II and IV only
C)II, III, and IV only
D)I, II, and IV only
E)I, II, III, and IV

Question 9

Which of the following are affected by the probability of a state of the economy occurring?
I. expected return of an individual security
II. expected return of a portfolio
III. standard deviation of an individual security
IV. standard deviation of a portfolio

A)I and III only
B)I and II only
C)II and IV only
D)III and IV only
E)I, II, III, and IV

Question 10

You own a portfolio of 5 stocks and have 3 expected states of the economy. You have twice as much invested in Stock A as you do in Stock E. How will the weights be determined when you compute the rate of return for each economic state?

A)The weights will be the probability of occurrence for each economic state.
B)Each stock will have a weight of 20% for a total of 100%.
C)The weights will decline steadily from Stock A to Stock E.
D)The weights will be based on the amount invested in each stock as a percentage of the total amount invested.
E)The weights will be based on a combination of the dollar amounts invested as well as the economic probabilities.

Question 11

Which one of the following statements must be true?

A)All securities are projected to have higher rates of return when the economy booms versus when it is normal.
B)Considering the possible states of the economy emphasizes the fact that multiple outcomes can be realized from an investment.
C)The highest probability of occurrence must be placed on a normal economy versus either a boom or a recession.
D)The total of the probabilities of the economic states can vary between zero and 100%.
E)Various economic states affect a portfolio's expected return but not the expected level of risk.

Question 12

The value of an individual security divided by the total value of the portfolio is referred to as the portfolio:

A)beta.
B)standard deviation.
C)balance.
D)weight.
E)variance.

Question 13

You own three securities. Security A has an expected return of 11% as compared to 14% for Security B and 9% for Security C. The expected inflation rate is 4% and the nominal risk-free rate is 5%. Which one of the following statements is correct?

A)There is no risk premium on Security C.
B)The risk premium on Security A exceeds that of Security B.
C)Security B has a risk premium that is 50% greater than Security A's risk premium.
D)The risk premium on Security C is 5%.
E)All three securities have the same expected risk premium.

Question 14

You own a portfolio comprised of 4 stocks and the economy has 3 possible states. Assume you invest your portfolio in a manner that results in an expected rate of return of 7.5%, regardless of the economic state. Given this, what must be value of the portfolio's variance be?

A)negative, but not −1
B)−1.0
C)0
D)1.0
E)positive, but not +1

Question 15

Which of the following will increase the expected risk premium for a security, all else constant?
I. an increase in the security's expected return
II. a decrease in the security's expected return
III. an increase in the risk-free rate
IV. a decrease in the risk-free rate

A)I only
B)III only
C)IV only
D)I and IV only
E)II and III only

Question 16

Which one of the following is a collection of possible risk-return combinations available from portfolios consisting of individual assets?

A)minimum variance set
B)financial frontier
C)efficient portfolio
D)allocated set
E)investment opportunity set

Question 17

Terry has a portfolio comprised of two individual securities. Which one of the following computations that he might do is NOT a weighted average?

A)correlation between the securities
B)individual security expected return
C)portfolio expected return
D)portfolio variance
E)portfolio beta

Question 18

Which one of the following is the set of portfolios that provides the maximum return for a given standard deviation?

A)minimum variance portfolio
B)Markowitz efficient frontier
C)correlated market frontier
D)asset allocation relationship
E)diversified portfolio line

Question 19

A group of stocks and bonds held by an investor is called which one of the following?

A)weights
B)grouping
C)basket
D)portfolio
E)bundle

Question 20

The principal of diversification involves investing in a variety of assets with which one of the following being the primary goal?

A)increasing returns
B)minimizing taxes
C)reducing some of the risk
D)eliminating all of the risk
E)increasing the variance

Question 21

As the number of individual stocks in a portfolio increases, the portfolio standard deviation:

A)increases at a constant rate.
B)remains unchanged.
C)decreases at a constant rate.
D)decreases at a diminishing rate.
E)decreases at an increasing rate.

Question 22

Which one of the following is eliminated, or at least greatly reduced, by increasing the number of individual securities held in a portfolio?

A)number of economic states
B)various expected returns caused by changing economic states
C)market risk
D)diversifiable risk
E)nondiversifiable risk

Question 23

You are graphing the investment opportunity set for a portfolio of two securities with the expected return on the vertical axis and the standard deviation on the horizontal axis. If the correlation coefficient of the two securities is +1, the opportunity set will appear as which one of the following shapes?

A)conical shape
B)linear with an upward slope
C)combination of two straight lines
D)hyperbole
E)horizontal line

Question 24

Which one of the following statements is correct concerning asset allocation?

A)Because there is an ideal mix, all investors should use the same asset allocation for their portfolios.
B)The minimum variance portfolio will have a 50/50 asset allocation between stocks and bonds.
C)Asset allocation affects the expected return but not the risk level of a portfolio.
D)There is an ideal asset allocation between stocks and bonds given a specified level of risk.
E)Asset allocation should play a minor role in portfolio construction.

Question 25

Which one of the following statements about efficient portfolios is correct?

A)Any efficient portfolio will lie below the minimum variance portfolio when the expected portfolio return is plotted against the portfolio standard deviation.
B)An efficient portfolio will have the lowest standard deviation of any portfolio consisting of the same two securities.
C)There are multiple efficient portfolios that can be constructed using the same two securities.
D)Any portfolio mix consisting of only two securities will be an efficient portfolio.
E)There is only one efficient portfolio that can be constructed using two securities.

Question 26

To reduce risk as much as possible, you should combine assets which have one of the following correlation relationships?

A)strong positive
B)slightly positive
C)slightly negative
D)strongly negative
E)zero

Question 27

Which one of the following correlation coefficients must apply to two assets if the equally weighted portfolio of those assets creates a minimum variance portfolio that has a standard deviation of zero?

A)−1.0
B)−.5
C)0
D).5
E)1.0

Question 28

What is the correlation coefficient of two assets that are uncorrelated?

A)−100
B)−1
C)0
D)1
E)100

Question 29

You currently have a portfolio comprised of 70% stocks and 30% bonds. Which one of the following must be true if you change the asset allocation?

A)The expected return will remain constant.
B)The revised portfolio will be perfectly negatively correlated with the initial portfolio.
C)The two portfolios could have significantly different standard deviations.
D)The portfolio variance will be unaffected.
E)The portfolio variance will most likely decrease in value.

Question 30

You are graphing the portfolio expected return against the portfolio standard deviation for a portfolio consisting of two securities. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding this graph?

A)Risk-taking investors should select the minimum variance portfolio.
B)Risk-averse investors should select the portfolio with the lowest rate of return.
C)Some portfolios will be efficient while others will not.
D)The minimum variance portfolio will have the lowest portfolio expected return of any of the possible portfolios.
E)All possible portfolios will graph as efficient portfolios.

Question 31

Which one of the following distinguishes a minimum variance portfolio?

A)lowest risk portfolio of any possible portfolio given the same securities but in differing proportions
B)lowest risk portfolio possible given any specified expected rate of return
C)the zero risk portfolio created by maximizing the asset allocation mix
D)any portfolio with an expected standard deviation of 9% or less
E)any portfolio created with securities that are evenly weighted in respect to the asset allocation mix

Question 32

Assume the returns on Stock X were positive in January, February, April, July, and November. During the other months, the returns on Stock X were negative. The returns on Stock Y were positive in January, April, May, July, August, and October, and negative the remaining months. Which one of the following correlation coefficients best describes the relationship between Stock X and Stock Y?

A)−1.0
B)−.5
C)0
D).5
E)1.0

Question 33

Where does the minimum variance portfolio lie in respect to the investment opportunity set?

A)lowest point
B)highest point
C)most leftward point
D)most rightward point
E)exact center

Question 34

Which one of the following statements is correct?

A)A portfolio variance is a weighted average of the variances of the individual securities which comprise the portfolio.
B)A portfolio variance is dependent upon the portfolio's asset allocation.
C)A portfolio variance is unaffected by the correlations between the individual securities held in the portfolio.
D)The portfolio variance must be greater than the lowest variance of any of the securities held in the portfolio.
E)The portfolio variance must be less than the lowest variance of any of the securities held in the portfolio.

Question 35

Which one of the following correlation relationships has the potential to completely eliminate risk?

A)perfectly positive
B)positive
C)negative
D)perfectly negative
E)uncorrelated

Question 36

If two assets have a zero correlation, their returns will:

A)always move in the same direction by the same amount.
B)always move in the same direction but not necessarily by the same amount.
C)move randomly and independently of each other.
D)always move in opposite directions but not necessarily by the same amount.
E)always move in opposite directions by the same amount.

Question 37

Which one of the following correlation coefficients can provide the greatest diversification benefit?

A)−1.0
B)−.5
C)0
D).5
E)1.0

Question 38

How will the returns on two assets react if those returns have a perfect positive correlation?
I. move in the same direction
II. move in opposite directions
III. move by the same amount
IV. move by either equal or unequal amounts

A)I and III only
B)I and IV only
C)II and III only
D)II and IV only
E)III only

Question 39

Non-diversifiable risk:

A)can be cut almost in half by investing in 10 stocks provided each stock is in a different industry.
B)can almost be eliminated by investing in 35 diverse securities.
C)remains constant regardless of the number of securities held in a portfolio.
D)has little, if any, impact on the actual realized returns for a diversified portfolio.
E)should be ignored by investors.

Question 40

A portfolio comprised of which one of the following is most apt to be the minimum variance portfolio?

A)100% stocks
B)100% bonds
C)50/50 mix of stocks and bonds
D)30% stocks and 70% bonds
E)30% bonds and 70% stocks

Question 41

What is the variance of the returns on a security given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy }&\text { Probability}&\text { E(R) }\\\text { Boom } & .25 & 16\% \\\text { Normal } & .45 & 10\% \\\text { Recession } & .30 & -8 \%\end{array}$

A)48.18%
B)56.23%
C)64.38%
D)72.87%
E)90.99%

Question 42

What is the variance of the expected returns on this stock?
$\begin{array}{lrr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .30& 20\% \\\text { Normal } & .70 &10 \%\end{array}$

A)18.75%
B)21.00%
C)31.53%
D)48.97%
E)50.03%

Question 43

A portfolio that belongs to the Markowitz efficient set of portfolios will have which one of the following characteristics? Assume the portfolios are comprised of five individual securities.

A)the lowest return for any given level of risk
B)the largest number of potential portfolios that can achieve a specific rate of return
C)the largest number of potential portfolios that can achieve a specific level of risk
D)a positive rate of return and a zero standard deviation
E)the lowest risk for any given rate of return

Question 44

What is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy}&\text { Probability}&\text { E(R)}\\\text { Boom } & .22& 24\% \\\text { Normal }&.66&12\%\\\text { Recession } & .12& -60\%\end{array}$

A)223.94%
B)24.08%
C)24.17%
D)24.85%
E)26.90%

Question 45

The risk-free rate is 3.5%. What is the expected risk premium on this security given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy }&\text { Probability}&\text { E(R) }\\\text { Boom } & .30 &15\% \\\text { Normal } & .55 &8\% \\\text { Recession } & .20 & -11 \%\end{array}$

A)2.09%
B)3.01%
C)3.20%
D)3.87%
E)4.15%

Question 46

An investor owns a security that is expected to return 12% in a booming economy and 4% in a normal economy. The overall expected return on the security is 7.80%. Given there are only two states of the economy, what is the probability that the economy will boom?

A)35.0%
B)37.5%
C)40.0%
D)45.0%
E)47.5%

Question 47

The risk-free rate is 2.05%. What is the expected risk premium on this stock given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lrr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .35 & 16\%\\\text { Normal } & .65 & 6 \%\end{array}$

A)6.88%
B)6.95%
C)7.32%
D)7.45%
E)7.59%

Question 48

What is the variance of the expected returns on this stock?
$\begin{array}{lrr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .40& 15\% \\\text { Normal } & .60 &19 \%\end{array}$

A)1.21%
B)1.42%
C)1.56%
D)3.84%
E)4.03%

Question 49

Rosita owns a stock with an overall expected return of 14.40%. The economy is expected to either boom or be normal. There is a 52% chance the economy will boom. If the economy booms, this stock is expected to return 15%. What is the expected return on the stock if the economy is normal?

A)12.00%
B)12.83%
C)13.15%
D)13.75%
E)14.40%

Question 50

What is the variance of the returns on a security given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .05 & 27 \% \\\text { Normal } & .30 & 15 \% \\\text { Recession } & .65 & -22 \%\end{array}$

A)239.77%
B)284.05%
C)321.16%
D)347.15%
E)362.98%

Question 51

Tall Stand Timber stock has an expected return of 8.9%. What is the risk-free rate if the risk premium on the stock is 3.6%?

A)4.70%
B)5.30%
C)5.60%
D)6.50%
E)12.5%

Question 52

What is the expected return on this stock given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy }&\text { Probability}&\text { E(R) }\\\text { Boom } & .25 & 20\% \\\text { Normal } & .55 & 15\% \\\text { Recession } & .20 & -12 \%\end{array}$

A)9.36%
B)9.74%
C)10.85%
D)11.78%
E)12.05%

Question 53

What is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?
$$\begin{array} { l c c } \text { State of the Economy } & \text { Erobability } & E ( R ) \\\text { Boom } & .30 & 7.5\% \\\text { Normal } & .70 & 21.0\%\end{array}$$

A)3.33%
B)4.62%
C)5.01%
D)5.77%
E)6.19%

Question 54

There is a 35% probability that a particular stock will earn a 16% return and a 65% probability that it will earn 10%. What is the risk-free rate if the risk premium on the stock is 7.5%?

A)4.20%
B)4.60%
C)5.20%
D)5.40%
E)5.80%

Question 55

What is the expected return on this stock given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy}&\text { Probability}&\text { E(R)}\\\text { Boom } & .4 & 12\% \\\text { Recession } & .6 & -12\%\end{array}$

A)5.70%
B)5.20%
C)4.80%
D)3.70%
E)2.40%

Question 56

You combine a set of assets using different weights such that you produce the following results.
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { Portfolio }&\text {Expected return}&\text {standard deviatior }\\\text { A } & 98 & 11 \% \\\text { B } & 14 & 16 \\\text { C } & 12 & 13 \\\text { D } & 7 & 8 \\\text {E} & 11 & 14\end{array}$
Which one of these portfolios cannot be a Markowitz efficient portfolio?

A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D
E)E

Question 57

What is the expected return on this stock given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .15 & 22 \% \\\text { Normal } & .60 & 11 \% \\\text { Recession } & .25 & -14 \%\end{array}$

A)6.40%
B)6.57%
C)8.99%
D)13.40%
E)14.25%

Question 58

What is the standard deviation of a security that has the following expected returns?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .10 & 19 \% \\\text { Normal } & .75& 13 \% \\\text { Recession } & .15 & -7 \%\end{array}$

A)7.48%
B)7.61%
C)7.67%
D)7.82%
E)7.91%

Question 59

What is the expected return on this stock given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .05 & 16 \% \\\text { Normal } & .45 & 7 \% \\\text { Recession } & .50 & -12 \%\end{array}$

A)2.05%
B)1.08%
C).47%
D)1.22%
E)1.43%

Question 60

The risk-free rate is 4.20%. What is the expected risk premium on this stock given the following information?
$\begin{array}{lrr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability of } & \text { Rate of Return if } \\& \text { State of Economy } & \text { state occurs }\\\text { Boom } & .28& 23\% \\\text { Normal } & .72 &11 \%\end{array}$

A)5.85%
B)6.59%
C)8.22%
D)10.16%
E)11.21%

Question 61

Roger has a portfolio comprised of $8,000 of Stock A and $12,000 of Stock B. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?

A)4.67%
B)9.97%
C)7.23%
D)8.83%
E)10.42%

Question 62

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 70% of Stock A and 30% of Stock B. What is the expected rate of return on this portfolio?

A)10.70%
B)10.85%
C)11.13%
D)12.11%
E)12.80%

Question 63

Travis has a portfolio consisting of two stocks, A and B, which is valued at $23,932. Stock A is worth $13,230. What is the portfolio weight of Stock B?

A).428
B).443
C).447
D).453
E).461

Question 64

Stock A has a standard deviation of 25% per year and Stock B has a standard deviation of 20% per year. The correlation between Stock A and Stock B is .30. You have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein Stock B has a portfolio weight of 40%. What is your portfolio variance?

A).03022
B).03156
C).03239
D).03610
E).03304

Question 65

Stock A has a standard deviation of 15% per year and Stock B has a standard deviation of 21% per year. The correlation between Stock A and Stock B is .30. You have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein Stock B has a portfolio weight of 60%. What is your portfolio standard deviation?

A)14.87%
B)15.50%
C)16.91%
D)17.45%
E)18.03%

Question 66

Stock X has a standard deviation of 21% per year and Stock Y has a standard deviation of 6% per year. The correlation between Stock A and Stock B is .38. You have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein Stock X has a portfolio weight of 42%. What is your portfolio standard deviation?

A)8.89%
B)9.85%
C)10.64%
D)11.84%
E)12.92%

Question 67

A stock fund has a standard deviation of 16% and a bond fund has a standard deviation of 4%. The correlation of the two funds is .11. What is the weight of the stock fund in the minimum variance portfolio?

A)3.47%
B)6.48%
C)11.92%
D)14.67%
E)18.22%

Question 68

Alicia has a portfolio consisting of two stocks, X and Y, which is valued at $95,300. Stock X is worth $65,700. What is the portfolio weight of Stock Y?

A).311
B).390
C).408
D).610
E).649

Question 69

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 48% of Stock A and 52% of Stock B. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?

A)1.98%
B)2.06%
C)2.13%
D)2.27%
E)2.30%

Question 70

A stock fund has a standard deviation of 18% and a bond fund has a standard deviation of 10%. The correlation of the two funds is .15. What is the approximate weight of the stock fund in the minimum variance portfolio?

A)11%
B)15%
C)20%
D)24%
E)27%

Question 71

Stock A has a standard deviation of 15% per year and Stock B has a standard deviation of 8% per year. The correlation between Stock A and Stock B is .40. You have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein Stock B has a portfolio weight of 40%. What is your portfolio variance?

A).01143
B).01214
C).01329
D).01437
E).01470

Question 72

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 55% of Stock A and 45% of Stock B. What is the expected return on this portfolio?
$\begin{array}{lrrr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability } & \text { E(R)}_{A}& \text { E(R)}_{B}\\\text { Weight } & & 55 \% & 45 \% \\\text { Boom } & .15 & 19 \% & 12\% \\\text { Normal } & .65 & 11 \% & 7 \% \\\text { Recession } & .20 & -16 \% & 1 \%\end{array}$

A)5.45%
B)6.69%
C)7.14%
D)7.60%
E)8.22%

Question 73

A portfolio consists of the following securities. What is the portfolio weight of Stock C?
$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Stock }&\text {\#Shares }&\text {PRS }\\\text { A } & 200 & \$ 48 \\\text { B } & 150 & \$ 33 \\\text { C } & 350 & \$ 21\end{array}$

A).336
B).389
C).445
D).451
E).557

Question 74

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 70% of Stock A and 30% of Stock B. What is the expected return on this portfolio?
$\begin{array}{lrrr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability } & \text { E(R)}_{A}& \text { E(R)}_{B}\\\text { Weight } & &70 \% & 30 \% \\\\\text { Boom } & .2 & 20 \% & 14\% \\\text { Normal } & .6 & 12 \% & 8 \% \\\text { Recession } & .2 & -8 \% & 5\%\end{array}$

A)9.30%
B)9.58%
C)10.03%
D)11.79%
E)12.40%

Question 75

A portfolio consists of the following securities. What is the portfolio weight of Stock X?
$\begin{array}{ccc}\text { Stock }&\text { Number of}&\text { Price per Share } \\&\text { Shares }\\\text {X }& 600 & \$ 17 \\\text {Y }& 900 & \$ 23 \\\text {Z} & 400& \$ 49\end{array}$

A).183
B).202
C).219
D).246
E).285

Question 76

You have a portfolio that is comprised of 72% of Stock A and 28% of Stock B. What is the variance of this portfolio?
$$\begin{array} { l c c c } \text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability } & \text { A } &\text { B } \\\text { Boom } & .60 & 12\%& 22\% \\\text { Normal } & .40 & - 12 \%& - 44\%\end{array}$$

A)190.9%
B)203.8%
C)268.1%
D)290.9%
E)306.9%

Question 77

You have a portfolio that is comprised of 40% of Stock A and 60% of Stock B. What is the variance of the portfolio?
$\begin{array}{lllr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability } &\text {E(R)}_{A}&\text { E(R)}_{B}\\&&40\%&60\%\\\\\text { Normal } & .7 & 12\% & 14 \% \\\text { Recegsion } & .3 & -7 \% & -10 \%\end{array}$

A)101.64%
B)102.13%
C)106.84%
D)107.15%
E)108.93%

Question 78

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 40% of Stock A and 60% of Stock B. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?
$\begin{array}{lccc}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability } & \text { A } & \text { B } \\\text { Boom } & .15 & 22 \% & 19\% \\\text { Normal } & .80 & 12\% & 10\% \\\text { Recession } & .05 & -26 \% & -4\%\end{array}$

A)4.39%
B)5.68%
C)6.41%
D)7.14%
E)9.08%

Question 79

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 60% of Stock A and 40% of Stock B. What is the expected rate of return on this portfolio?
$\begin{array}{lrrr}\text {State}&\text {Prob}&\text {A}&\text {B}\\\text { Boom } & .20 & 15 \% & 9\% \\\text { Normal } & .80 & 8 \% & 20\%\end{array}$

A)12.76%
B)12.88%
C)13.44%
D)13.56%
E)13.85%

Question 80

You have a portfolio which is comprised of 30% of Stock A and 70% of Stock B. What is the portfolio standard deviation?
$\begin{array}{lllr}\text { State of the Economy } & \text { Probability } &\text {E(R)}_{A}&\text { E(R)}_{B}\\&&30\%&70\%\\\\\text { Boom }&.15&20\%&14\%\\\text { Normal } & .75 & 11\% & 9 \% \\\text { Recegsion } & .10& -23 \% & -5 \%\end{array}$

A)4.00%
B)5.56%
C)6.68%
D)6.82%
E)7.47%