A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government andcorporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.0%. The probability distributions of therisky funds are:Stock fund (S)Bond fund (B)Expected Return11%6%ExpectedStandard deviationThe correlation between the fund returns is 0.0500.What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not roundintermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)Standard Deviation40%20%%%

A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.0%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return 11% 6% Expected return Standard deviation Stock fund (5) Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is 0.0500. What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Standard Deviation % 40% 20%

A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.0%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return 11% 6% Expected return Standard deviation Stock fund (5) Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is 0.0500. What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Standard Deviation % 40% 20%

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ISBN:9780357033609

Author:Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk

Publisher:Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk

Chapter13: Investing In Mutual Funds, Etfs, And Real Estate

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