Question

You own a portfolio that is 32 percent invested in Stock X, 20 percent invested in Stock Y, and 48 percent invested in Stock Z. The expected returns on these three stocks are 6 percent, 19 percent, and 15 percent, respectively. What is the expected return on the portfolio?

Answer 1

Answer:

The current portfolio has three stocks X, Y and Z and expected returns are are 6 percent, 19 percent, and 15 percent respectively.

Explanation:

The formula to calculate expected returns of the portfolio is:

Weighted return = Probability * Expected Return

The sum of weighted return is the expected return of the portfolio

Weighted return = (32% x 6% = 1.9%) + (20% x 19% = 3.8%) + (48% x 15% = 7.2%)

Expected return on portfolio = (1.9% + 3.8% + 7.2% = 12.9%)

The expected return of the portfolio is 12.9%