1. Mr. Budi is a Finance Director of a trading company. He must choose three investment alternatives below. Each asset is expected to generate returns for three years according to the table below:
Year  ; Asset 1 ; Asset 2 ;  Asset 3
  1       10,500   4,500      7,500
  2 .     8,500     7,500      7,500
  3       3,500    10,500     7,500

Based on achieving maximum goals, then which financial manager should choose which assets? And why?

2. Mr. Andi is a Finance Director with a risk-averse type in making financial decisions. The list below is 4 investment alternatives that need to be decided by Mr. Andi.
Asset ; Initial Investment ; Pessimistic Scheme ;Moderate ;Optimistic Scheme
A          100,000                      16%                           24%                        28%
B          100,000                      10%                           24%                         26%
C          100,000                      6%                             24%                         30%
D          100,000                     22%                            24%                         28%

Which assets will Mr. Andi take? Explain why?


3. Mr. Smith was appointed as the new Finance Director and was asked to analyze 2 alternative investments with the following returns:

Year ; Asset Investment A ; Asset Investment B
2013               -5%                                 -1.5%
2014               9.25%                            10.64%
2015               19.33%                          22.12%
2016                7.16%                            1.83%
2017                16.5%                          14.15%

Based on the data above,  please calculate how much portfolio return and measurement of portfolio risk?