Consider an economy with a risk free asset with return (r_{f}=1.13) and two risky assets with normally
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Consider an economy with a risk free asset with return \(r_{f}=1.13\) and two risky assets with normally distributed returns with expected values \(\mathbb{E}\left[\tilde{r}_{1}\right]=\) \(1.16, \mathbb{E}\left[\tilde{r}_{2}\right]=1.25\) and variances \(\sigma^{2}\left(\tilde{r}_{1}\right)=2, \sigma^{2}\left(\tilde{r}_{2}\right)=4\) and correlation \(ho\).
(i) Determine the portfolio frontier composed by the risky assets in the two cases \(ho=0.5\) and \(ho=-0.5\).
(ii) Determine the minimum variance portfolio \(w^{\mathrm{MVP}}\) in the two cases \(ho=0.5\) and \(ho=-0.5\).
(iii) Determine the tangent portfolio in the two cases \(ho=0.5\) and \(ho=-0.5\).
(iv) For \(ho=-0.5\), consider an agent with quadratic utility function \(u(x)=x-\frac{b}{2} x^{2}\) and determine his optimal portfolio. Give conditions on \(b\) in order that the optimal investment in the tangent portfolio \(w^{\mathrm{e}}\) is greater than one.
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Financial Markets Theory Equilibrium Efficiency And Information
ISBN: 9781447174042
2nd Edition
Authors: Emilio Barucci, Claudio Fontana