INVESTMENTS(LL)W/CONNECT
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Author: Bodie
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
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Chapter 6, Problem 11PS
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Introduction: Portfolio consists of assets which have different rates as well as different risk associated with the assets, a risk free asset and asset that contains risk, both have a certain percentage of return.
To calculate: the utility levels of each portfolio for an investor with A=2.
Utility of portfolio can be calculated by the formula provided below:
U=E(r)−12Aσ2U= UtilityE(r)=Expected ReturnA=Risk Aversion Coefficientσ= Standard Deviation
Calculating utility for each investment taking A=2
Return of portfolio (Return × Weight of bills | Standard deviation of portfolio (Standard deviation × weight of bills) | Variance of Portfolio | Weight of bills | Weight of Index | U(A=2) |
0.130 | 0.20 | 0.0400 | 0.0 | 1.0 | U=0.13−12×2×(0.20)2=0.090 |
0.114 | 0.16 | 0.0256 | 0.2 | 0.8 | U=0.114−12×2×(0.16)2=0.0884 |
0.098 | 0.12 | 0.0144 | 0.4 | 0.6 | U=0.098−12×2×(0.12)2=0.0836 |
0.082 | 0.08 | 0.0064 | 0.6 | 0.4 | U=0.082−12×2×(0.08)2=0.0756 |
0.066 | 0.04 | 0.0016 | 0.8 | 0.2 | U=0.066−12×2×(0.04)2=0.0644 |
0.050 | 0.00 | 0.0000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | U=0.050−12×2×(0.0)2=0.050 |
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Utility of portfolio can be calculated by the formula provided below:
U=E(r)−12Aσ2U= UtilityE(r)=Expected ReturnA=Risk Aversion Coefficientσ= Standard Deviation
Calculating utility for each investment taking A=2
Return of portfolio (Return × Weight of bills | Standard deviation of portfolio (Standard deviation × weight of bills) | Variance of Portfolio | Weight of bills | Weight of Index | U(A=2) |
0.130 | 0.20 | 0.0400 | 0.0 | 1.0 | U=0.13−12×2×(0.20)2=0.090 |
0.114 | 0.16 | 0.0256 | 0.2 | 0.8 | U=0.114−12×2×(0.16)2=0.0884 |
0.098 | 0.12 | 0.0144 | 0.4 | 0.6 | U=0.098−12×2×(0.12)2=0.0836 |
0.082 | 0.08 | 0.0064 | 0.6 | 0.4 | U=0.082−12×2×(0.08)2=0.0756 |
0.066 | 0.04 | 0.0016 | 0.8 | 0.2 | U=0.066−12×2×(0.04)2=0.0644 |
0.050 | 0.00 | 0.0000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | U=0.050−12×2×(0.0)2=0.050 |
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