Assignment title: Information
You are given the following information: State of Economy Return on Stock A Return on Stock
B Bear .109 −.052 Normal .108 .155 Bull .080 .240 Assume each state of the economy is equally
likely to happen. Calculate the expected return of each of the following stocks. (Do not round
intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.,
32.16.) Expected return Stock A % Stock B % Calculate the standard deviation of each of the
following stocks. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent
rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Standard deviation Stock A % Stock B % What is the
covariance between the returns of the two stocks? (A negative answer should be indicated by a
minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places,
e.g., 32.161616.) Covariance What is the correlation between the returns of the two stocks? (A
negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and
round your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.) Correlation