Abba investments wants to invest in securities C and D of firms in two different industries. The following information relates to the two securities.
C D
Expected return 14% 12%
Standard deviations 5 3
Beta 1.70 1.20
Amount of money invested Shs 720,000 Shs 480,000
REQUIRED:
- Calculate the expected portfolio return.
- Calculate the beta of the portfolio.
- Explain what happens to the portfolio risk if the returns of the two securities are:
- Perfectly positively correlated.
- Perfectly negatively correlated.