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Chapter 6, Problem 4CP
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Summary Introduction
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The problem is to find out risk of portfolio when the stocks included in the portfolio get decreased to 20 numbers.
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To calculate:
The problem is to comment on the overall risk of the portfolio when the stocks included in the portfolio get decreased to 20 numbers. Also how can it be limited to an extent?
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