You are now considering the possibility of adding KFD stock to your portfolio, which currently consists of equal weights of Mellon Corporation and Insignia Enterprises.

The expected returns and standard deviation of expected returns for Mellon and Insignia are:

                                              Mellon Corporation             Insignia Enterprises                      

Expected return                      23.14%                                   18.93%

Standard deviation                  26.56%                                   20.77%                     

The correlation coefficients among the three corporations are:

                                  Mellon Corporation    Insignia Enterprises     KFD Corporation      

Mellon Corporation                1.0000                                                                     

Insignia Enterprises                0.5385                        1.0000

KFD Corporation                    0.4233                        0.3982                                    1.0000          

1. Calculate the expected return, variance, and standard deviation of a portfolio consisting of 30% Mellon Corporation, 60% Insignia Enterprises, and 10% KFD Corporation.

2. The correlation coefficient between KFD Corporation and the market is 0.2532, while the variance of the market is 0.04. Determine the beta for KFD Corporation.