The portfolio weights for a portfolio consisting of multiple securities given multiple states of the economy are based on the: a. expected rates of return of each security given a normal economic state. b. market value of the investment in each individual security. c. beta of each individual security. d. amount of the original investment in each security.

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The portfolio weights for a portfolio consisting of multiple securities given multiple states of the economy are based on the:

a. expected rates of return of each security given a normal economic state.
b. market value of the investment in each individual security.
c. beta of each individual security.
d. amount of the original investment in each security.
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A group of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, cash, and cash equivalents, as well as closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), refers to a portfolio. Generally, the foundations of a portfolio are stocks, bonds, and cash.

The gain or loss realized by an investment portfolio encompassing several types of investments is referred to as portfolio return.

A measure of a portfolio's return dispersion is portfolio variance. The total of a portfolio's real returns over a certain time period is its variance.

The portfolio weights are the proportion of each security in the portfolio.

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