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Part 1
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Portfolio Weights
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Asset
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Asset Beta
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Portfolio A
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Portfolio B
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1
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1.35
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17%
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29%
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2
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0.69
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26%
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8%
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3
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1.24
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10%
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22%
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4
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1.06
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11%
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20%
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5
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0.87
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36%
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21%
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Total
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100%
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100%
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- Write out the equation for the Capital Market Line (CML), and draw it on the graph. Interpret the plotted CML. Now add a set of indifference curves and illustrate how an investors optimal portfolio is some combination of the risky portfolio and the risk-free asset. What is the composition of the risky portfolio?You have been hired at the investment firm of Bowers Noon. One of its clients doesnt understand the value of diversification or why stocks with the biggest standard deviations dont always have the highest expected returns. Your assignment is to address the clients concerns by showing the client how to answer the following questions: Add a set of indifference curves to the graph created for part b. What do these curves represent? What is the optimal portfolio for this investor? Add a second set of indifference curves that leads to the selection of a different optimal portfolio. Why do the two investors choose different portfolios?You have been hired at the investment firm of Bowers Noon. One of its clients doesnt understand the value of diversification or why stocks with the biggest standard deviations dont always have the highest expected returns. Your assignment is to address the clients concerns by showing the client how to answer the following questions: e. Add a set of indifference curves to the graph created for part b. What do these curves represent? What is the optimal portfolio for this investor? Add a second set of indifference curves that leads to the selection of a different optimal portfolio. Why do the two investors choose different portfolios?
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