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How do you calculate portfolio variance?

Kobe Glover

How do you calculate portfolio variance?

To calculate the portfolio variance of securities in a portfolio, multiply the squared weight of each security by the corresponding variance of the security and add two multiplied by the weighted average of the securities multiplied by the covariance between the securities.

How do you calculate portfolio variance in Excel?

Examples of Portfolio Variance Formula (With Excel Template)

  1. Variance= (20%^2*2.3%^2)+(35%^2*3.5%^2)+(45%^2*4%^2)+(2*(20%*35%*2.3%*3.5*0.6))+(2*(20%*45%*2.3%*4%*0.8))+(2*(35%*45%*3.5%*4%*0.5))
  2. Variance = 0.000916.

What is a good minimum variance portfolio?

A good example of a minimum variance portfolio would be using mutual fund categories that have a relatively low correlation with each other. This follows the core and satellite portfolio structure: 40% S&P 500 index fund. 20% emerging markets stock fund.

How do I calculate a portfolio?

Determine the current value of each stock in your portfolio.

  • 000 shares of Stock A and 100 shares of Stock B.
  • Multiply the current price by the number of shares owned to find the current market value of each stock in your portfolio.
  • Sum both amounts for the total market value.

    • How is the expected return of a portfolio calculated?

    Expected return of a portfolio is the weighted average return expected from the portfolio. It is calculated by multiplying expected return of each individual asset with its percentage in the portfolio and the summing all the component expected returns.

    How to calculate the volatility of a portfolio?

    Follow these basic steps: To begin, you’ll likely need a spreadsheet program to assist with calculations. Using the spreadsheet program, enter the closing share price for your stock on each day of the date range you’ve selected. Then plug in a formula to determine how the stock and index move together and how the index moves by itself.

    How do you calculate risk of portfolio?

    Calculate the Portfolio Risk. To calculate the risk of a two-stock portfolio, first take the square of the weight of asset A and multiply it by square of standard deviation of asset A. Repeat the calculation for asset B. Next, multiply all of the following: the weight of asset A, the weight of asset B, standard deviation of asset A,…