3. How risky is your portfolio if you have invested 50% to security 1 and 50% to security 2? What if based on your research, the risk will be minimized if you changed the composition of your portfolio to be 20% of security 1 and the rest to security 2. Is your analysis correct?

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3. How risky is your portfolio if you have invested 50% to security 1 and 50% to security 2?
What if based on your research, the risk will be minimized if you changed the composition of your portfolio
to be 20% of security 1 and the rest to security 2. Is your analysis correct?
State of Nature
1
2
3
4
5
Probability
0.35
0.15
0.10
0.10
0.30
Return, Security 1
-20%
15
25
45
60
Return, Security 2
10%
-13
-5
20
25
Transcribed Image Text:3. How risky is your portfolio if you have invested 50% to security 1 and 50% to security 2? What if based on your research, the risk will be minimized if you changed the composition of your portfolio to be 20% of security 1 and the rest to security 2. Is your analysis correct? State of Nature 1 2 3 4 5 Probability 0.35 0.15 0.10 0.10 0.30 Return, Security 1 -20% 15 25 45 60 Return, Security 2 10% -13 -5 20 25
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