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QUESTION 1

You have been appointed as the investment manager for Maximum Asset Managers. You are in the process of selecting a portfolio of assets, and have been presented with returns relating to four assets, as follows:

YEAR	ASSET G	ASSET H	ASSET I	ASSET J
1	16%	10%	8%	14%
2	14%	18%	11%	12%
3	8%	16%	4%	19%
4	- 4%	13%	- 5%	15%

You want to create a single portfolio comprising of the following combination:

PORTFOLIO	PROPORTION
GHJ	30% Asset G; 50% Asset H ; 20% Asset J

Required:

a) Calculate the expected return of the proposed portfolio GHJ. (Round off your final answer to two decimal places.)

b) Calculate the standard deviation of portfolio GHJ. (Round off your final answer to two decimal places.)

c) Calculate the coefficient of variation of portfolio GHJ. (Round off your final answer to two decimal places.)