The standard deviation of return on investment A is .20 while the standard deviation of return on investment B is .05. If the covariance of returns on A and B is .0030, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is __________.
A. .12
B. .28
C. .30
D. .75
Correlation between stock A and B is calculated using the below formula:
Correlation between stock A and B= Covariance between stock A and B/ Standard deviation of stock A* Standard deviation of stock B
Correlation between stock A and B= 0.0030/ 0.20*0.05
= 0.0030/ 0.01
= 0.30.
Therefore, the correlation coefficient between the returns of stock A and B is 0.30.
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