You have a portfolio with an asset allocation of 62 percent stocks, 30 percent l

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You have a portfolio with an asset allocation of 62 percent stocks, 30 percent long-term Treasury bonds, and 8 percent T-bills. Use these weights and the returns is given in the above table to compute the return of the portfolio in the year 2000 and each year since. Then compute the average annual return and standard deviation of the portfolio. (Negative answers should be indicated with a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

  

Stocks
(S&P 500) Bonds T-bills   2000 Annual return ? 9.1 % 20.1 % 5.9 %   2001 Annual return ? 11.9 4.6 3.5   2002 Annual return ? 22.1 17.2 1.6   2003 Annual return 28.7 2.1 1.0   2004 Annual return 10.9 7.7 1.4   2005 Annual return 4.9 6.5 3.1   2006 Annual return 15.8 1.9 4.7   2007 Annual return 3.5 9.8 4.4   2008 Annual return ? 35.5 22.7 1.5   2009 Annual return 23.5 ? 12.2 0.2

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Stocks Bonds T-bills Portfolio (S&P 500)   2000 Annual return -9.10% 20.10% 5.90% 0.86%   2001 Annual return -11.90% 4.60% 3.50% -5.72%   2002 Annual return -22.10% 17.20% 1.60% -8.41%   2003 Annual return 28.70% 2.10% 1.00% 18.50%   2004 Annual return 10.90% 7.70% 1.40% 9.18%   2005 Annual return 4.90% 6.50% 3.10% 5.24%   2006 Annual return 15.80% 1.90% 4.70% 10.74%   2007 Annual return 3.50% 9.80% 4.40% 5.46%   2008 Annual return -35.50% 22.70% 1.50% -15.08%   2009 Annual return 23.50% -12.20% 0.20% 10.93% Average 3.17% Standard Deviation 10.27%

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