Consider the following information:
Rate of Return if State Occurs
State of Probability of
Economy State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C
Boom 0.54 0.12 0.20 0.38
Bust 0.46 0.14 0.04 − 0.07
a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
Expected return ?
%
b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 18 percent each in A and B and 64 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places. (e.g., 32.161616))
Variance ?