medium · Principles of Finance risk-return-portfolio

An investor holds a portfolio with 60% in Stock A (σ = 25%) and 40% in Stock B (σ = 15%).

If the correlation between the stocks is 0.3, what is the portfolio standard deviation?

  1. 18.66%
  2. 4.00%
  3. 21.00%
  4. 20.30%

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