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Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781337395083

Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Publisher:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Chapter2: Risk And Return: Part I

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4P: An analyst has modeled the stock of a company using the Fama-French three-factor model. The market...

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Consider information given in the table below and answers the question asked thereafter:

State	Probability	return on stock A	Return on stock B
A	0.15	10%	9%
B	0.15	6%	15%
C	0.10	20%	10%
D	0.18	5%	-8%
E	0.12	-10%	20%
F	0.30	8%	5%

Calculate covariance and coefficient of correlation between the returns of the
stocks A and B.
v. Now suppose you have $100,000 to invest and you want to a hold a portfolio
comprising of $45,000 invested in stock A and remaining amount in stock B.
Calculate risk and return of your portfolio.

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