An investment adviser bases his allocation on the Sharpe ratio. Assuming a risk-free rate of 1.5%, which portfolio is he most likelyto recommend?

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1. An investment adviser bases his allocation on the Sharpe ratio. Assuming a risk-free rate of 1.5%, which portfolio is he most likelyto recommend?

 2. The skewness of Portfolio 1 indicates its mean return is most likelyless than, equal or greater than the median?

3. Compared with a normal distribution, the distribution of returns forPortfolio 3 most likely is less peaked, have a greater number of extreme returns or have fewer small deviations from its mean?

Standard
Mean Return
Deviation of
Excess
(%%)
Returns (%) SkewnessKurtosis
Portfolio 1
15
0.0
0.7
Portfolio 2
11
21
0.9
-1.9
Portfolio 3
13
30
-1.7
6.3
Transcribed Image Text:Standard Mean Return Deviation of Excess (%%) Returns (%) SkewnessKurtosis Portfolio 1 15 0.0 0.7 Portfolio 2 11 21 0.9 -1.9 Portfolio 3 13 30 -1.7 6.3
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