Consider a market with a risk-free security and a risky asset. Assume that investor is not a price-taker so that her trading moves the expected return of a risky security P as following:

E(rP) =.08 - .05y,

where y is a fraction of her complete portfolio (in decimals) invested in the risky security. (It follows that if an investor buys more of the risky security, its price increases and the expected return decreases.) Assume that risk-free rate,rf, is 2%,Pis 25% and does not change when an investor trades, and the coefficient of risk aversion of an investor is 2.

Find the optimal fraction of the complete portfolio allocated to the risky asset P by the investor?

a.

y =0.46

b.

y =0.61

c.

y =0.33

d.

y =0.27

e.

y =0.50

What are the expected return and standard deviation of the complete portfolio found in the previous question?

a.

E(r)=3.70%,=11.5%

b.

E(r)=5.20%,=6.67%

c.

E(r)=3.24%,=6.67%

d.

E(r)=8.12%,=15.25%

e.

E(r)=6.25%,=12.5%

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