1. The standard deviation of return on investment A is .18 while the standard deviation of return on investment B is .29. If the covariance of returns on A and B is .0141, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is __________.
0.22
0.32
0.27
0.35
2. A portfolio is composed of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 23% while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 21%. Stock A comprises 40% of the portfolio while stock B comprises 60% of the portfolio. If the variance of return on the portfolio is .0380, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is __________.
0.589
0.604
0.599
0.579