• Determine the weighting of the two portfolio assets that would result in the minimum risk of the portfolios. Round your results to whole percentages and determine the difference in yield compared to the current weighting.

• - The client might be willing to deviate from the minimum variance portfolio weighting by +10% or -10% respectively if this would result in a maximum 1% increase in risk. Based on this information, what allocation would you suggest? Explain your recommendation.

reviews client portfolios for changes in their risk-return profile. You will be entrusted with the analysis of one of these client portfolios. The unique feature of this portfolio is that the client is considering adopting a minimum variance approach in the future. The following data is available for the portfolio: Return Standard deviation Current weight Asset A 5,00% 18,00% 50,00% Asset B 12,00% 32,00% 50,00% Correlation A, B: -0,60