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1. Mike is mad at Russia for interfering in the U.S elections. As a result, Mike will not invest anything in the Russian stock market.

1. Mike is mad at Russia for interfering in the U.S elections. As a result, Mike will not invest anything in the Russian stock market. Using the data from the BRIC portfolio example, Mike will form an equal weighted portfolio Brazil (EWZ), India (INDY), and China (GXC) ETFs. What is the portfolio expected return?

2. What is Mike's portfolio risk as measured by standard deviation?

3. What is Mike's portfolio CV?

Adjusted close at beginning of October Total returns
"Market" Brazil Russia India China Market Brazil Russia India China Portfolio
Year VTI EWZ RBL INDY GXC Rm Rb Rr Ri Rc Rp
2011 60.56 57.05 27.64 24.32 61.06
2012 69.5 50.15 25.85 23.57 65.51 14.76% -12.09% -6.48% -3.08% 7.29% -3.59%
2013 89.73 48.53 27.84 23.01 74.03 29.11% -3.23% 7.70% -2.38% 13.01% 3.77%
2014 104.02 43.24 21.58 31.42 79.59 15.93% -10.90% -22.49% 36.55% 7.51% 2.67%
E[R] 19.93% -8.74% -7.09% 10.36% 9.27% 0.95%
S 7.97% 4.81% 15.10% 22.68% 3.24% 3.97%
CV 0.40 -0.55 -2.13 2.19 0.35 4.18
S^2 0.0063
covar(p,m) 0.0021 0.0021 <- check
rho_pm 0.6716
beta 0.3348 <- using covariance
beta 0.3348 <- using rho
Rf 2.50%
E[Rm] 6.30%
Rp 3.77% <- required return

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