Suppose Target's stock has an expected return of 20 % and a volatility of 37 %, Hershey's stock has an expected return of 12 % and a volatility of 25 %, and these two stocks are uncorrelated.
a. What is the expected return and volatility of an equally weighted portfolio of the two? stocks? Consider a new stock with an expected return of 16.0 % and a volatility of 31 %. Suppose this new stock is uncorrelated with? Target's and? Hershey's stock.
The expected return is _%?
b. Is holding this stock alone attractive compared to holding the portfolio in (a?)?
c. Can you improve upon your portfolio in (a?) by adding this new stock to your? portfolio? Explain.