The Table shows the annual return on stock market, Government of Canada Bond and Treasury bills from

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The Table shows the annual return on stock market, Government of Canada Bond and Treasury bills from 2010 to 2014.
Govemment Long Year T-bill Return TSX Returm Bond Return .0064 2010 2215 .0317 .0812 .0093 .0276 2011 .0187 .0183 .0096

Using the data in the Table above,
a. Calculate the average rate of return and standard deviation of return on TSX, government bonds, and Treasury bills between 20010 and 2014.
b. Form a portfolio with one-third invested in each of the three securities and calculates its average rate of return and standard deviation. Do you find any benefit from diversification here? How?

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A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259024962

6th Canadian edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus, Devashis Mitra, Elizabeth Maynes, William Lim

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