Corporate Finance Plus MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)

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ISBN: 9780134408897

Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 11, Problem 37P

Assume all investors want to hold a portfolio that, for a given level of volatility, has the maximum possible expected return. Explain why, when a risk-free asset exists, all investors Will choose to hold the same portfolio of risky stocks.

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Corporate Finance Plus MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)

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