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Risk-Return-Diversification

The below table presents the three possible states for stocks A and B returns.

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(a) Determine the expected returns and the standard deviations on Stocks A and B?

(b) Determine  the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio with weights of 35% in Stock A and the remainder in Stock B?

(c) Determine the correlation coefficient between stocks A and B? Interprete this outcome.

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