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Redhook Ports is constructing a two-asset portfolio. Asset A has a standard deviation of 18% and Asset B has a standard deviation of 12%.
If the correlation coefficient between A and B is 0.40 and the assets are equally weighted, the portfolio standard deviation is closest to:
- 12.7%
- 15.0%
- 10.8%
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