Question

Stocks have a 12% expected return and 22% risk. Bonds have a 7% expected return and 10% risk. The expected return of a portfolio comprised of 70% stocks and 30% bonds is: Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Answer:

10.5%

Explanation:

Calculation to determine Expected return of portfolio

Using this formula

Expected return of portfolio = Ws*E(rs) + Wb*E(rb)

Where,

Expected return stock E(rs) = 12%

Expected return bond E(rb) = 7%

Weight of stock Ws = 0.70

Weight of bond Wb = 0.30

Let plug in the formula

Expected return of portfolio= 0.7*12 + 0.3*7

Expected return of portfolio = 10.5%

Therefore Expected return of portfolio is 10.5%