Crown Limited has a mixture of investment portfolios, stock A and Stock B. The historical performance return on the stocks are as follows:
Year Stock A Return (%) Stock B Return (%)
2010 -10 -3
2011 18 21
2012 39 44
2013 14 4
2014 33 28
Required:
i) Calculate the average rate of return for each stock during the period of 2010 to 2014. (3 marks)
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Average Return Stock A
(-10% + 18% + 39% + 14% + 33%)/5 = 18.8%
Average Return Stock B
(-3% + 21% + 44% + 4% + 28%)/5 = 18.8%
ii) Calculate the average return on the portfolio during the period if crown limited held 50% each of stock A and stock B. (3 marks)
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iii) Calculate the return of the portfolio using standard deviation approach. (4 marks)