expected quarterly return, Financial Accounting

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Common stocks A, B, C, and D had the following quarterly returns.

A	B	C	D
0.07	0.05	0.07	0.12
0.14	0.08	0.05	0.09
0.10	0.14	-0.04	0.13
-0.09	-0.10	0.05	0.06
0.12	0.05	0.06	0.08
0.13	0.09	0.10	0.07
0.11	0.12	0.13	0.05
-0.06	0.03	0.09	0.11
0.07	-0.07	-0.08	0.06
0.08	0.07	0.08	0.10

a) Verify the expected quarterly return, and standard deviation of each stock.

b) Verify the correlations between them.

c) What is the standard deviation and expected return of a portfolio comprised of 20% stock A, 15% stock B, 30% stock C, and 35% stock D.

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