Question: MONTHLY Expected Returns, Standard Deviations, and Correlations (1975-2014, 480 months), Portfolios are Top or Bottom Decile in Size or Book-to-Market Ratio Correlation with: Asset Class
| MONTHLY Expected Returns, Standard Deviations, and Correlations (1975-2014, 480 months), Portfolios are Top or Bottom Decile in Size or Book-to-Market Ratio | |||||||
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| Asset Class | Expected Return | Std. Deviation | Large Stocks | Small Stocks | Value Stocks | Growth Stocks | Gold |
| Large Stocks | 1.01% | 4.30% | 1.00 | 0.65 | 0.75 | 0.93 | -0.01 |
| Small Stocks | 1.35% | 6.10% | 0.65 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.07 |
| Value Stocks | 1.51% | 5.94% | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.65 | 0.01 |
| Growth Stocks | 0.95% | 5.13% | 0.93 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Gold | 0.54% | 5.66% | -0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
For the questions below, assume a risk-free rate of 0.4% per month.
1. Suppose you are currently invested 100% in LARGE stocks, and you CANNOT short (i.e., portfolio weights cannot be negative):
- Find the portfolio that maximizes expected return if you want the same risk of LARGE stocks.
- What is the expected return of this portfolio and what are the portfolio weights in this case?
- How much are expected returns increased on a monthly basis by switching from 100% LARGE stocks to this new portfolio?
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