Suppose that your client prefers to invest in your fund a proportion y that maximizes the expected

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Suppose that your client prefers to invest in your fund a proportion y that maximizes the expected return on the complete portfolio subject to the constraint that the complete portfolio’s standard deviation will not exceed 18%.
a. What is the investment proportion, y?
b. What is the expected rate of return on the complete portfolio?
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manage a risky portfolio with expected rate of return of 18% and standard deviation of 28%. The T-bill rate is 8%.

Expected Return
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
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ISBN: 9780073530703

9th Edition

Authors: Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus

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