Calculate the expected return and variance

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Assume the following inputs: The annual rate of return on the S&P 500 over the past 75 years has average about 13.5% the US Treasury Bill rate.

The standard deviation for the S&P 500 has been about 20% per year Assume that the future expectation for the US T-Bill rate is 5.0%

Calculate the expected return, variance and standard deviation for portfolios that have the invested in T-Bills and the S&P 500 with weights as follows:

Wt-Bills	Wt-S&P
0.0	1.0
0.2	0.8
0.4	0.6

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