An analyst is currently considering a portfolio consisting of two stocks. The first stock, Remba Co., has an expected return of 12% and a standard deviation of 16%. The second stock, Labs, Inc., has an expected return of 18% and a standard deviation of 25%. The correlation of returns between the two securities is 0.25.
If the analyst forms a portfolio with 30% in Remba and 70% in Labs, what is the portfolio's expected return?
ERportfolio = Σ(ERstock)(W% of funds invested in each of the stocks)
ER = w1ER1 + w2ER2, where ER = Expected Return and w = % invested in each stock.
ER = (0.3 × 12) + (0.70 × 18) = 3.6 + 12.6 = 16.2%
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