Student Solutions Manual for Basic Business Statistics

13th Edition

ISBN: 9780321926708

Author: David M. Levine; Mark L. Berenson; Timothy C. Krehbiel; Kathryn A. Szabat; David F. Stephan

Publisher: Pearson Education

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Chapter 5, Problem 11PS

In the portfolio example in this section (see page 192). Half the portfolio assets are invested in the Dow Jones fund and half in a weak-economy fund. Recalculate the portfolio expected return and the portfolio risk if

a. 30 % of the portfolio assets are invested in the Dow Jones fund and 70 % in a weak-economy fund.

b. 70 % of the portfolio assets are invested in the Dow Jones fund and 30 % in a weak-economy fund.

c. Which of the three investment strategies ( 30 % , 50 % , or 70 % in the Dow Jones fund) would you recommend? Why?

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Solution Summary: The author determines the expected return of portfolio and portfolio risk when 30% of the portfolio assets are invested in Dow Jones and 70% in weak-economy fund.

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