Mr. Shyam has a portfolio consisting of two stocks A & B. Stock A has a standard deviation of 5 % while stock B has a standard deviation of 15%. Stock A comprises 40% of the portfolio and Stock B consists of 60%. If the correlation of returns of A& B is .5, the variance of return on the portfolio is _________.

Mr. Shyam has a portfolio consisting of two stocks A & B. Stock A has a standard deviation of 5 % while stock B has a standard deviation of 15%. Stock A comprises 40% of the portfolio and Stock B consists of 60%. If the correlation of returns of A& B is .5, the variance of return on the portfolio is _________.
A . C0.0035
B . C0.0085
C . 0.0094
D . 0.0103

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Answer: D