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Default How to compute SD of portfolio of asset classes?

"Jerry W. Lewis" wrote:
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=SQRT(SUMPRODUCT(A5:A11*TRANSPOSE(A5:A11)*B15:B21) )

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This formula must be array entered despite using SUMPRODUCT(), so you might
as well use SUM() to reduce it to
=SQRT(SUM(A5:A11*TRANSPOSE(A5:A11)*B15:B21))
which also must be array entered.

Jerry