What is the portfolio standard deviation

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You own a portfolio that has 35% invested in asset A, and 65% invested in asset B. Asset A’s standard deviation is 12% and asset B’s standard deviation is 18%. The correlation coefficient between the two assets is -0.7. The expected return on the portfolio is 13%. What is the portfolio standard deviation?

a.) 8.5% b.) 9.3% c.) 7.2% d.) 15.3%

 

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