Consider the following information: Rate of Return If State Occurs State of Probability of Economy State of Economy boom is -66 and Bust is .34 Stock A Stock B Stock C are Boom .12 .21 .39 Bust .20 .08 −.08
a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Expected return 18.11 %
b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 22 percent each in A and B and 56 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.)