Stock A: Expected Return = 10% Standard Deviation = 20%
Stock B: Expected Return = 15% Standard Deviation = 25%
Correlation= .2
a) If you require an expected return of 12%, what is the composition of your portfolio ? In other word what fraction of your money should be invested in Stock A and Stock B repspectively. What is the standard deviation of your portfolio?
b) What is the composition of the minimum variance portfolio ? What are the mean and standard deviation of the returns of the minimum variance portfolio?