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I previously posted this question, but the answers I was provided were wrong. Please make sure the answers are correct, I want to understand how to calculate this. Thanks!!

value: 16.00 points Consider the following information: Rate of Return if State Occurs Probability of State of Economy Boom Good Poor Bust State of Economy 0.15 0.55 0.25 0.05 Stock A Stock B 0.43 0.14 Stock C 0.33 0.18 0.05 - 0.13 0.23 0.12 -0.06 -0.10 -0.08 - 0.18 a. Your portfolio is invested 26 percent each in A and C, and 48 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Expected return b-1 What is the variance of this portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16161) Variance b-2 What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Standard deviation

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Answer

Answer (a)

Probability of state of economy

Stock A

Expected return

(X - mean)

(X - mean)2

P*(X - mean)2

P

X

P*X

0.15

0.33

0.0495

0.2005

0.0402

0.0060

0.55

0.18

0.099

0.0505

0.0026

0.0014

0.25

-0.05

-0.0125

-0.1795

0.0322

0.0081

0.05

-0.13

-0.0065

-0.2595

0.0673

0.0034

Expected return (Mean)

0.1295

Variance

0.0189

Standard deviation = square root of (variance)

0.1373

Probability of state of economy

Stock B

Expected return

(X - mean)

(X - mean)2

P*(X - mean)2

P

X

P*X

0.15

0.43

0.0645

0.3175

0.1008

0.0151

0.55

0.14

0.077

0.0275

0.0008

0.0004

0.25

-0.08

-0.02

-0.1925

0.0371

0.0093

0.05

-0.18

-0.009

-0.2925

0.0856

0.0043

Expected return (Mean)

0.1125

Variance

0.0291

Standard deviation = square root of (variance)

0.1705

Probability of state of economy

Stock C

Expected return

(X - mean)

(X - mean)2

P*(X - mean)2

P

X

P*X

0.15

0.23

0.0345

0.1495

0.0224

0.0034

0.55

0.12

0.066

0.0395

0.0016

0.0009

0.25

-0.06

-0.015

-0.1405

0.0197

0.0049

0.05

-0.1

-0.005

-0.1805

0.0326

0.0016

Expected return (Mean)

0.0805

Variance

0.0108

Standard deviation = square root of (variance)

0.1038

Stock

Expected return

Weight

Expected return

A

0.1295

0.26

0.0337

B

0.1125

0.48

0.0540

C

0.0805

0.26

0.0209

1

Expected return of portfolio

0.1086

Answer : Expected return of portfolio is 0.1086

Probability of state of economy

Stock A

Expected return

(X - mean)

(X - mean)2

P*(X - mean)2

P

X

P*X

0.15

0.33

0.0495

0.2005

0.0402

0.0060

0.55

0.18

0.099

0.0505

0.0026

0.0014

0.25

-0.05

-0.0125

-0.1795

0.0322

0.0081

0.05

-0.13

-0.0065

-0.2595

0.0673

0.0034

Expected return (Mean)

0.1295

Variance

0.0189

Standard deviation = square root of (variance)

0.1373