medium · Principles of Finance risk-return-portfolio

An investor constructs a portfolio with 60% in an equity fund (σ = 20%) and 40% in a bond fund (σ = 10%).

If the correlation between the two funds is 0.20, what is the portfolio standard deviation?

  1. 13.42%
  2. 16.00%
  3. 12.65%
  4. 15.00%

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