Determining the portfolio standard deviataion


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Suppose Stock X offers the return of 15% with a standard deviation of 12%; Stock Y offers the return of 24% with a standard deviation of 26%. These two stocks have the correlation coefficient of -0.5.

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Question: If you invest 40% in stock X and the rest in Stock Y, what is your portfolio return? What is your portfolio standard deviataion?

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Accounting Basics: Determining the portfolio standard deviataion
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