Chapter 14, Problem 2P

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Suppose you visit with a financial adviser, and you are considering investing some of your wealth in one of three investment portfolios: stocks, bonds, or commodities. Your financial adviser provides you with the following table, which gives the probabilities of possible returns from each investment: Stocks Bonds Commodities Probability Return Probability Return Probability Return 20% 15% 0.15 20% 0.6 10% 0.2 0.2 12.5% 0.4 7.5% 0.2 0.25 0.2 0.4 3.8% 0.2 0.2 0% To maximize your expected return, you should choose O A. commodities. B. bonds. OC. stocks. OD. All of the portfolios have the same expected return

You are considering an investment in either individual stocks or a portfolio of stocks. The two stocks you are researching, Stock A and Stock B, have the following historical returns: Year                r ̄A                  r ̄B       2014                -20.00%          -5.00% 2016                42.00               15.00 2017                20.00               -13.00 2018                -8.00                50.00 2019                25.00               12.00   Calculate the average rate of return for each stock during the 5-year period. Suppose you had held a portfolio consisting of 50% of Stock A and 50% of Stock B. What would have been the realized rate of return on the portfolio in each year? What would have been the average return on the portfolio during this period? Calculate the standard deviation of returns for each stock and for the portfolio. Suppose you are a risk-averse investor. Assuming Stocks A and B are your only choices, would you prefer to hold Stock A, Stock B,…