Question: Use the following table to answer the question below. If you have the standard utility function described in the lecture with A = 6, and

Use the following table to answer the question below. If you have the standard utility function described in the lecture with A = 6, and you think the future will be like the 1926-1946 period, what fraction of your investments should be in the T-bill (i.e., the portfolio weight of T-bill)?

Round your answer to 4 decimal places. For example, if your answer is 3.205%, then please write down 0.0321.

time S&P500 ret. T-bill ret. Std. dev.
1926-2012 11.67% 3.58% 20.48%
1989-2012 11.1% 3.52% 18.22%
1968-1988 10.91% 7.48% 16.71%
1947-1967 15.35% 2.28% 17.66%
1926-1946 7.46% 0.97% 26.17%

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