Yields Year TLS DI PFE WMT 20x5 12.00% 4.50% 5.80% 11.30% 20x6 13.30% 5.30% 5.70% 9.00% 20x7 10.20% 3.10% 5.90% 13.90% 20x8 9.30% 2.70% 4.50% 14.80% 20x9 8.60% 1.90% 6.30% 15.00% Correlations:  CPP = Perfect positive correlation, CP = Perfect correlation, SC = No correlation, CN =Negative correlation, CPN = Perfect negative correlation TLS – DI= 0.996145099 = (CPP)        DI – PFE= 0.005359947 = (SC) TLS – PFE= 0.08450695 = (CP)          DI – WMT= -0.975050934 = (CPN) TLS – WMT= -0.986408221 = (CPN)   PFE – WMT= -0.144303856 = (CN) b. Which three of the four stocks would you combine to build a diversified portfolio and why? It starts from the premise that there is an investment distribution in equal parts (33.3%) among the selected shares. c. Calculate the return, risk and coefficient of variation for the portfolio of three stocks selected in the previous exercise. It starts from the premise that there is an investment distribution in equal parts (33.3%) among the selected shares.

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Yields

Year

TLS

DI

PFE

WMT

20x5

12.00%

4.50%

5.80%

11.30%

20x6

13.30%

5.30%

5.70%

9.00%

20x7

10.20%

3.10%

5.90%

13.90%

20x8

9.30%

2.70%

4.50%

14.80%

20x9

8.60%

1.90%

6.30%

15.00%

Correlations:  CPP = Perfect positive correlation, CP = Perfect correlation, SC = No correlation, CN =Negative correlation, CPN = Perfect negative correlation

TLS – DI= 0.996145099 = (CPP)        DI – PFE= 0.005359947 = (SC)

TLS – PFE= 0.08450695 = (CP)          DI – WMT= -0.975050934 = (CPN)

TLS – WMT= -0.986408221 = (CPN)   PFE – WMT= -0.144303856 = (CN)

b. Which three of the four stocks would you combine to build a diversified portfolio and why? It starts from the premise that there is an investment distribution in equal parts (33.3%) among the selected shares.

c. Calculate the return, risk and coefficient of variation for the portfolio of three stocks selected in the previous exercise. It starts from the premise that there is an investment distribution in equal parts (33.3%) among the selected shares.

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