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An investor is considering investing one-half of his wealth in Asset A and one-half in Asset B. He is not sure how the two assets are correlated. The correlation might be r = +1 or it might be r = -1. If it is r = + 1, then the portfolio standard deviation is 15%. Calculate the portfolio standard deviation if the correlation is r = -1. What is the difference between the standard deviations of Scenario 1 and Scenario 2? (Scenario 1 - Scenario 2)

​ASSET AASSET AASSET BASSET BCorrelation
ScenarioExpected ReturnStandard DeviationExpected ReturnStandard DeviationCorrelation of A and B
110%20%5%10%+1
210%20%5%10%-1

◦ 2.5%
◦ 5.0%
◦ 7.5%
◦ 10.0%
◦ 15.0%
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Reply #1 on: Apr 25, 2021
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