Expected return of the minimum variance portfolio

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The stock of Bruin, Inc., has an expected return of 22 percent and a standard deviation of 35 percent. The stock of Wildcat Co. has an expected return of 14 percent and a standard deviation of 40 percent. The correlation between the two stocks is .40. Calculate the expected return and standard deviation of the minimum variance portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

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