The accounting identity states that the book value of a company's assets (A) equals its liabilities (L) plus owners equity (OE), so A = L + OE.
The finance version states that the market value of a company's assets (V) equals the market value of its debt (D) plus equity (E), so V = D + E.
Therefore a business's assets can be seen as a portfolio of the debt and equity that fund the assets.
Let σ2V total be the total variance of returns on assets, σ2V syst be the systematic variance of returns on assets, and σ2V idio be the idiosyncratic variance of returns on assets, and ρD idio, E idio be the correlation between the idiosyncratic returns on debt and equity.
Which of the following equations is NOT correct?