You manage a risky portfolio with an expected rate of return of 22% and a standard deviation of 35%. The T-bill rate is 6%.   Your risky portfolio includes the following investments in the given proportions: Stock A    33% Stock B    36% Stock C    31% Suppose that your client decides to invest in your portfolio a proportion y of the total investment budget so that the overall portfolio will have an expected rate of return of 18%.   a. What is the proportion y? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)           b. What are your client’s investment proportions in your three stocks and the T-bill fund? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal place.)           c. What is the standard deviation of the rate of return on your client’s portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal place.)

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You manage a risky portfolio with an expected rate of return of 22% and a standard deviation of 35%. The T-bill rate is 6%.

 

Your risky portfolio includes the following investments in the given proportions:

Stock A    33%

Stock B    36%

Stock C    31%


Suppose that your client decides to invest in your portfolio a proportion
y of the total investment budget so that the overall portfolio will have an expected rate of return of 18%.

 

a. What is the proportion y? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

 

 

 

 

 

b. What are your client’s investment proportions in your three stocks and the T-bill fund? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal place.)

 

 

 

 

 

c. What is the standard deviation of the rate of return on your client’s portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal place.)

 

 

 

 

 
 


 
 
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