Find the standard deviation of 12

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onsider 123 Fund (which is invested in 35% High risk stock and 65% normal bonds).

 

Assume you have the following historical data of annual returns:

                                    Return              S.D.                                         

Normal Stock                8%                    20%

Risky Bonds                   10%                  35%

High Risk Stock              14%                  40%

Normal Bonds               6%                    10%

 

 

Assume High Risk Stocks and Normal Bonds have correlation coefficient of 0.24

Find the standard deviation of 123.

Please use 5 decimal places in your response.

Note: The right answer is 0.1679 Please explain step by step

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In terms of Porfolio Variance calculation/formula of 0.02819 your computation is different than mine of 0.8733428592 based on the formula you provided. Can you explain on how did you get the 0.02819 portfolio variance

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