Horse Stock returns have a standard deviation of 0.57, whereas Mod T Stock returns have a standard deviation of 0.63. The correlation coefficient between the returns is 0.078042. What is the covariance of the returns? Round your answer to six decimal places.
A) 0.028025
B) 0.217327
C) 0.359100
D) 0.993094

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Covariance is calculated as the product of the standard deviations of the two variables and their correlation coefficient. Therefore, Covariance = 0.57 * 0.63 * 0.078042 = 0.028025.

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