You are a Portfolio Manager who has a Stock Fund, a Bond Fund and a Treasury Bill Fund. The Stock Fund has an expected return of 12.2% and an expected volatility of 18.8%. The Bond Fund has an expected return of 4.3% and an expected volatility of 7.1%. The T-Bill fund will yield a return of 2.7%. The correlation coefficient between the two risky assets is 0.19. If you created a Risky Portfolio from the two risky assets and if your allocation was 40/60 Bonds/Stocks, what would be the expected return of the Risky Portfolio? Group of answer choices 9.04% 7.46% 8.25% 6.34% None of the above

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You are a Portfolio Manager who has a Stock Fund, a Bond Fund and a Treasury Bill Fund. The Stock Fund has an expected return of 12.2% and an expected volatility of 18.8%. The Bond Fund has an expected return of 4.3% and an expected volatility of 7.1%. The T-Bill fund will yield a return of 2.7%. The correlation coefficient between the two risky assets is 0.19.

 

If you created a Risky Portfolio from the two risky assets and if your allocation was 40/60 Bonds/Stocks, what would be the expected return of the Risky Portfolio?  

 

Group of answer choices

 

9.04%

 

7.46%

 

8.25%

 

6.34%

 

None of the above

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