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Date Qantas Airways Limited (QAN.AX) Singapore Airlines Limited (C6L.SI) Cathay Pacific Airlines (0293.HK) 1/3/2021 5 5.24 7.29 2/3/2021 4.89 5.18 7.4 3/3/2021 5.03 5.21 7.41

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Qantas Airways Limited (QAN.AX)

Singapore Airlines Limited (C6L.SI)

Cathay Pacific Airlines (0293.HK)

1/3/2021

5

5.24

7.29

2/3/2021

4.89

5.18

7.4

3/3/2021

5.03

5.21

7.41

4/3/2021

5.08

5.15

7.46

5/3/2021

5.1

5.15

7.41

8/3/2021

5.02

5.15

7

9/3/2021

5.14

5.31

7.1

10/3/2021

5.17

5.22

7.06

11/3/2021

5.3

5.32

7.39

12/3/2021

5.3

5.3

7.36

15/3/2021

5.5

5.63

7.56

16/3/2021

5.48

5.66

7.56

17/3/2021

5.45

5.67

7.71

18/3/2021

5.41

5.71

7.89

19/3/2021

5.35

5.7

7.62

22/3/2021

5.33

5.68

7.63

23/3/2021

5.21

5.64

7.25

24/3/2021

5.13

5.53

6.91

25/3/2021

5.11

5.59

7.09

26/3/2021

5.11

5.54

7.2

29/3/2021

5.07

5.55

7.21

30/3/2021

5

5.61

7.32

31/3/2021

5.09

5.55

7.25

1/4/2021

5.1

5.59

7.24

6/4/2021

5.26

5.59

7.23

7/4/2021

5.4

5.64

7.23

8/4/2021

5.42

5.7

7.1

9/4/2021

5.45

5.69

7.06

12/4/2021

5.32

5.72

7.07

13/4/2021

5.27

5.6

7.08

14/4/2021

5.21

5.53

7.02

15/4/2021

5.2

5.5

7.15

16/4/2021

5.18

5.34

7.13

19/4/2021

5.08

5.4

7.09

20/4/2021

5.01

5.23

6.94

21/4/2021

4.94

5.08

7

22/4/2021

5.01

4.99

6.9

23/4/2021

4.99

5.05

7.07

26/4/2021

4.93

5.03

7.1

27/4/2021

4.9

5.13

6.98

28/4/2021

4.97

5.3

6.93

29/4/2021

5

5.15

6.85

30/4/2021

4.95

5.13

6.7

3/5/2021

4.94

5.06

6.79

4/5/2021

4.93

4.95

6.67

5/5/2021

4.81

4.97

6.53

6/5/2021

4.74

4.82

6.51

7/5/2021

4.77

4.84

6.63

10/5/2021

4.71

4.95

6.62

11/5/2021

4.66

4.87

6.42

12/5/2021

4.5

4.8

6.4

13/5/2021

4.4

4.77

6.42

14/5/2021

4.45

4.5

6.39

17/5/2021

4.55

4.64

6.51

18/5/2021

4.6

4.86

6.52

19/5/2021

4.52

4.7

6.57

20/5/2021

4.68

4.76

6.63

21/5/2021

4.74

4.77

6.68

24/5/2021

4.72

4.74

6.77

25/5/2021

4.71

4.86

6.79

26/5/2021

4.67

4.96

6.77

27/5/2021

4.69

4.96

6.68

28/5/2021

4.81

4.98

6.65

31/5/2021

4.71

4.99

6.79

1/6/2021

4.71

4.95

6.8

2/6/2021

4.79

4.93

6.79

3/6/2021

4.91

4.9

6.76

4/6/2021

4.87

4.88

6.87

7/6/2021

4.78

4.9

6.94

8/6/2021

4.84

5.02

7.06

9/6/2021

4.81

5.12

7.07

10/6/2021

4.77

5.15

6.99

11/6/2021

4.71

5.13

6.87

15/6/2021

4.72

5.08

6.88

16/6/2021

4.72

4.92

6.93

17/6/2021

4.71

4.99

7.09

18/6/2021

4.85

5.05

6.93

21/6/2021

4.67

4.98

6.91

22/6/2021

4.73

4.98

6.86

23/6/2021

4.72

5.02

6.81

e. (4 marks) Suppose that you invest 20% in Singapore Airlines Limited, 50% in Qantas Airways Limited and 30% in Cathay Pacific Airlines. Calculate the portfolio expected return, variance and standard deviation. f. (4 marks) How does the expected return and standard deviation change if you decide to invest 30% in Singapore Airlines Limited, 60% in Qantas Airways Limited, and 10% in Cathay Pacific Airlines? Explain your answers. g. (5 marks) Find the weights of Singapore Airlines Limited, Qantas Airways Limited and Cathay Pacific Airlines that will provide a daily return of 0.01% with the lowest level of risk. h. (5 marks) Plot a scatter diagram showing the portfolios from parts (e), (f) and (g), with the X-axis displaying standard deviation and the Y-axis displaying daily returns. i. (4 marks) If the daily risk-free rate is 0.1%, estimate the Sharpe ratio for the portfolios mentioned in parts (e), (f) and (g) and highlight the highest Sharpe ratio using conditional formatting.

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