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1. Mean-Variance OptimizationAsset E(R)= Var(R)=?2Asset 1 0.06 0.0072Asset 2 0.06 0.0024Riskfree Asset 0.04Consider a mean-variance optimizing investor with the payoff function V (, ?) = ?12A ?2and level of risk aversion A = 17. ( this diagram is attached0

(a) Show that this investor would choose the riskfree asset if she could only invest in oneof the assets.

(b) Explain why this investor did not choose one of the risky assets despite their having ahigher expected return than the risk-free asset.

(c) What is the variance of the riskfree asset? Why?

1. Mean-Variance Optimization Asst E Asset 0.06 Asset 2 0 (R)= | Var(R) 0.06 00024 0.0072 Riskfree Asset 0.04 -2A-2 (a) Show that this investor would choose the riskfree asset if she could only invest in one (b) Explain why this investor did not choose one of the risky assets despite their havinga Consider a mean-variance optimizing investor with the payoff function V(, ) and level of risk aversion A = 17. of the assets. higher expected return than the risk-free asset. (c) What is the variance of the riskfree asset? Why