You have a portfolio with a standard deviation of 28% and an expected return of...

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You have a portfolio with a standard deviation of 28% and an expected return of 19%. You are considering adding one of the two stocks in the following table. If after adding the stock you will have 20% of your money in the new stock and 80% of your money in your existing portfolio, which one should you add? Expected Return 13% 13% Standard Deviation 23% 17% Correlation with Your Portfolio's Returns 0.3 0.7 Stock A Stock B Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock A is 24.18 %. (Round to two decimal places.) Standard deviation of the portfolio with stock B is 24.90 %. (Round to two decimal places.) Which stock should you add and why? (Select the best choice below.) A. Add A because the portfolio is less risky when A is added. B. Add B because the portfolio is less risky when B is added. O C. Add either one because both portfolios are equally risky

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