An investor who diversifies by purchasing a 50-50 mix of two stocks that are not perfectly positively correlated will find that the standard deviation of the portfolio is:

A. greater than the standard deviation from holding the same balance in only one of these stocks.
B. the sum of the standard deviations of the two individual stocks.
C. less than the standard deviation from holding the same balance in only one of these stocks.
D. greater than the sum of the standard deviations of the individual stocks.


Answer: C

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