Pat McCormack, a financial advisor for Investors R Us, is evaluating two stocks in a particular industry.
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Pat McCormack, a financial advisor for Investors R Us, is evaluating two stocks in a particular industry. He wants to minimize the variance of a portfolio consisting of these two stocks, but he wants to have an expected return of at least 9%. After obtaining historical data on the variance and returns, he develops the following nonlinear program:
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Where
X = proportion of money invested in stock 1
Y = proportion of money invested in stock 2
Determine how much to invest in each of the two stocks. What is the return for this portfolio? What is the variance of thisportfolio?
Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing... Expected Return
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
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