An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. The standard deviation of return on stock A is 20% while the standard deviation on stock B is 15%. The expected return on stock A is 20% while on stock B it is 10%. The correlation coefficient between the return on A and B is 0%. The standard deviation of return on the minimum variance portfolio is __________.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B.  The standard deviation of return on stock A is 20% while the standard deviation on stock B is 15%. The expected return on stock A is 20% while on stock B it is 10%.  The correlation coefficient between the return on A and B is 0%.  The standard deviation of return on the minimum variance portfolio is  __________. 





A) 0%
B) 6%
C) 12%
D) 17%









Answer: C


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