Calculate The Coefficient Of Variation For Stock 542875

Stocks A and B have the following historical returns:

Stock A Returns Stock B Returns

Year rA rB

2002 (18%) (14.5%)

2003 33% 21.80%

2004 15% 30.50%

2005 (0.50%) (7.60%)

2006 27.00% 26.30%

What would have been the realized rate of return on the portfolio in each year? What would have been the average rate of returno n the portfolio during this period?

Calculate the coefficient of variation for each stock and for the portfolio.