Juan Owns A Two Stock Portfolio That Invests In Blue Llama Mining Company Blm And Hungry Whale Electronics Hwe Thre 1 (34.36 KiB) Viewed 9 times
Juan Owns A Two Stock Portfolio That Invests In Blue Llama Mining Company Blm And Hungry Whale Electronics Hwe Thre 2 (18.94 KiB) Viewed 9 times
Juan owns a two-stock portfolio that invests in Blue Llama Mining Company (BLM) and Hungry Whale Electronics (HWE). Three-quarters of Juan's portfolio value consists of BLM's shares, and the balance consists of HWE's shares. Each stock's expected return for the next year will depend on forecasted market conditions. The expected returns from the stocks in different market conditions are detailed in the i wing table: Market Condition Probability of Occurrence 0.50 0.25 0.25 Strong Normal Weak Blue Llama Mining Hungry Whale Electronics 45% 63% 27% 36% -36% -45% Calculate expected returns for the individual stocks in Juan's portfolio as well as the expected rate of return of the entire portfolio over the three possible market conditions next year. The expected rate of return on Blue Llama Mining's stock over the next year is The expected rate of return on Hungry Whale Electronics's stock over the next year is • The expected rate of return on Juan's portfolio over the next year is The expected returns for Juan's portfolio were calculated based on three possible conditions in the market. Such conditions will vary from time to time, and for each condition there will be a specific outcome. These probabilities and outcomes can be represented in the form of a continuous probability distribution graph. For example, the continuous probability distributions of rates of return on stocks for two different companies are shown on the following graph:
PROBABILITY DENSITY -40 -20 0 Distributions of Pates of return on stocks for two different companies are shown on the following graph: Company A Company B 20 40 RATE OF RETURN (Percent 60 Based on the graph's information, which of the following statements is true? Company A has a smaller standard deviation. Company B has a smaller standard deviation.
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