A portfolio has 45 percent of its funds invested in Alpha stock and 55 percent invested in Beta stock. Alpha has a standard deviation of 6 percent. Beta has a standard deviation of 12 percent. The securities have a coefficient of correlation of .62. What is the portfolio variance? a. .006946 b. .007295 c. .008104 d. .007157 e. .007506
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