Principles of Corporate Finance
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781260465099
Author: BREALEY, Richard
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 8, Problem 24PS
Efficient portfolios Look again at the set of the three efficient portfolios that we calculated in Section 8-1.
- a) If the interest rate is 5%, which of the three efficient portfolios should you hold?
- b) How would your answer to part (a) change if the interest rate were 29%?
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