Consider an asset allocation problem with one risky asset and one risk-free asset .There are four investors .Each investor maximizes a mean-variance utility function to make their optimal investment decision. Consequently, the optimal weights in the risky asset and the risk-free asset by the four investors are given in the following table .Given the information, who is likely to be the most risk-averse investor among the four?

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Weight in risky asset Weight in risk- free asset Andy 1 0 Bobby 0.5 0.5 Cathy 1.5 -0.5 Danny 2 -1 Weight in risky asset Weight in risk- free asset Andy 1 0 Bobby 0.5 0.5 Cathy 1.5 -0.5 Danny 2 -1

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