2 Problem 2: Consider a market composed of only two risky assets, A and B, with the following properties: a StockA Expected return 25%, SD 20% StockB Expected return 15%, SD 25% a) Suppose their correlation is 0.8. What is the expected return of the following portfolios: one that invests 0% in A, one that invests 10% in A, 20% in A and so on until 100%? Plot the portfolio frontier formed by these portfolios.b) Repeat part (1) under the assumption that the correlation is -0.8.c) Explain in detail what is the intuition behind the difference across the answers you found for part (1) and part (2).

2 Problem 2: Consider a market composed of only two risky assets, A and B, with the following properties: a StockA Expected return 25%, SD 20% StockB Expected return 15%, SD 25% a) Suppose their correlation is 0.8. What is the expected return of the following portfolios: one that invests 0% in A, one that invests 10% in A, 20% in A and so on until 100%? Plot the portfolio frontier formed by these portfolios.b) Repeat part (1) under the assumption that the correlation is -0.8.c) Explain in detail what is the intuition behind the difference across the answers you found for part (1) and part (2).

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Chapter8: Analysis Of Risk And Return

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