You put half of your money in a stock portfolio that has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of 24%. you put the rest of your money in a risky bond portfolio that has an expected return of 6% and a standard deviation of 12%. the stock and bond portfolios have a correlation of .55. the standard deviation of the resulting portfolio will be

Which of the following best explains the purpose of protectionist trade policies such as tariffs and subsidies? a. they make sure that governments have enough money to pay for fiscal policies. b. they give foreign competitors access to new markets around the world. c. they allow producers to sell their products more cheaply than foreign competitors. d. they enable producers to purchase productive resources from everywhere in the world.