Qn4: Assume a two-stock portfolio created with $50,000 is invested in both HT and Collections. The expected returns are given below: Calculate the portfolio's return for each state of economy and fill them in the last column, under "Portfolio" (Hint: The portfolio's expected return is a weighted average of the returns of the portfolio's component assets). Calculate the portfolio's expected return (Hint: You have to incorporate the probability distribution of each state of economy). Calculate the portfolio's standard deviation. Economy Recession Below average Average Above average Boom Prob. HT 0.1 -27.0% 0.2 -7.0% 0.4 15.0% 0.2 30.0% 0.1 45.0% Coll 27.0% 13.0% 0.0% -11.0% -21.0% Portfolio

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Qn4: Assume a two-stock portfolio created with $50,000 is invested
in both HT and Collections. The expected returns are given below:
Calculate the portfolio's return for each state of economy and fill them in the last
column, under "Portfolio" (Hint: The portfolio's expected return is a weighted
average of the returns of the portfolio's component assets).
Calculate the portfolio's expected return (Hint: You have to incorporate the
probability distribution of each state of economy).
Calculate the portfolio's standard deviation.
Economy
Recession
Below average
Average
Above average
Boom
Prob. HT
0.1 -27.0%
0.2
-7.0%
0.4
15.0%
0.2
30.0%
0.1
45.0%
Coll
27.0%
13.0%
0.0%
-11.0%
-21.0%
Portfolio
Transcribed Image Text:Qn4: Assume a two-stock portfolio created with $50,000 is invested in both HT and Collections. The expected returns are given below: Calculate the portfolio's return for each state of economy and fill them in the last column, under "Portfolio" (Hint: The portfolio's expected return is a weighted average of the returns of the portfolio's component assets). Calculate the portfolio's expected return (Hint: You have to incorporate the probability distribution of each state of economy). Calculate the portfolio's standard deviation. Economy Recession Below average Average Above average Boom Prob. HT 0.1 -27.0% 0.2 -7.0% 0.4 15.0% 0.2 30.0% 0.1 45.0% Coll 27.0% 13.0% 0.0% -11.0% -21.0% Portfolio
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