Consider an investment universe consisting of three assets with the following characteristics: Asset Expected returns Standard...

 

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Consider an investment universe consisting of three assets with the following characteristics: Asset Expected returns Standard deviations 1 2 3 8% 14% 11% 15% 25% 20% The correlations between the assets are p1.2 = 0.5, P2.3 0.35, and p1,3 = 0.25. a. What is the expected return and standard deviation of an equally weighted portfolio invested in all three assets (w= 1/3 for all assets)? b. What is the diversification benefit for an investor that switches her investment to the equally weighted portfolio from an investment consisting only of asset 3? c. When choosing between investing all her capital in asset 2 or in the equally weighted portfolio, what would an investor with quadratic utility and a risk aversion parameter A = 3 choose? d. What about an investor with quadratic utility and a risk aversion parameter A = 1? e. What is the covariance between the return on the equally weighted portfolio invested in all three assets and the return of an equally weighted portfolio invested only in assets 1 and 3? Consider an investment universe consisting of three assets with the following characteristics: Asset Expected returns Standard deviations 1 2 3 8% 14% 11% 15% 25% 20% The correlations between the assets are p1.2 = 0.5, P2.3 0.35, and p1,3 = 0.25. a. What is the expected return and standard deviation of an equally weighted portfolio invested in all three assets (w= 1/3 for all assets)? b. What is the diversification benefit for an investor that switches her investment to the equally weighted portfolio from an investment consisting only of asset 3? c. When choosing between investing all her capital in asset 2 or in the equally weighted portfolio, what would an investor with quadratic utility and a risk aversion parameter A = 3 choose? d. What about an investor with quadratic utility and a risk aversion parameter A = 1? e. What is the covariance between the return on the equally weighted portfolio invested in all three assets and the return of an equally weighted portfolio invested only in assets 1 and 3?

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