Tom Jones wins USS500,000 in the lottery and decides to create an investment portfolio. His broker...

  

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Tom Jones wins USS500,000 in the lottery and decides to create an investment portfolio. His broker highly recommends a mix of money market funds, government securities and stocks. The Global Market Fund sells for $60 a unit and has an expected growth of 16% per year. Toilet Paper Inc. sells for $80 a unit and has an expected growth of 12% per year. GOJ bonds sell for $30 a unit and and pays a return of 9% per year. Tom plans to buy four times as many GOJ bonds as of Toilet Paper Inc. Tom is hoping to achieve a growth of 13.68% in his investment. 0) Write down the system of linear equations. (3 marks) (i) Evaluate M_B (using elementary row operations). (6 marks) (i) Solve for the amount that should be invested in each asset. (6 marks) Tom Jones wins USS500,000 in the lottery and decides to create an investment portfolio. His broker highly recommends a mix of money market funds, government securities and stocks. The Global Market Fund sells for $60 a unit and has an expected growth of 16% per year. Toilet Paper Inc. sells for $80 a unit and has an expected growth of 12% per year. GOJ bonds sell for $30 a unit and and pays a return of 9% per year. Tom plans to buy four times as many GOJ bonds as of Toilet Paper Inc. Tom is hoping to achieve a growth of 13.68% in his investment. 0) Write down the system of linear equations. (3 marks) (i) Evaluate M_B (using elementary row operations). (6 marks) (i) Solve for the amount that should be invested in each asset. (6 marks)

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Let the units invested by Tom Jones in the money market funds stocks and government securities be xy... View the full answer