Your uncle would like to create a minimum variance portfolio by investing in the following two...
Your uncle would like to create a minimum variance portfolio by investing in the following two funds:
|
Fund |
Expected return (E(rP)) |
Standard deviation (P) |
|
Stock fund Bond fund |
18% 8% |
20% 6% |
The variance-covariance matrix for the above two funds are given below:
|
Stock fund |
Bond fund |
|
|
Stock fund |
0.0400 |
0.2600 |
|
Bond fund |
0.2600 |
0.0036 |
Calculate the weights of stock fund and bond fund in your uncle’s minimum variance portfolio.
Calculate the expected return and the standard deviation of the risky portfolio that you created in question above.
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