• Percival Hygiene has $10million invested in long-term corporate bonds. This bond portfolios expected annual rate of return is 9%, and the annual standard deviation is 10%. Amanda Reckonwith, Percivals financial adviser, recommends that Percival consider investing in an index fund that closely tracks the Standard & Poors 500 index. The index has an expected return of 14%, and its standard deviation is 16%.
  • Suppose Percival puts all his money in a combination of the index fund and Treasury bills. Can he thereby improve his expected rate of return without changing the risk of his portfolio? The Treasury bill yield is 6%

Could Percival do even better by investing equal amounts in the corporate bond portfolio and the index fund? The correlation between the bond portfolio and the index fund is +0.1 1. Percival Hygiene has $10million invested inlong-term corporate bonds. This bond portfolios expected annual rate of returnis 9%, and the annual standard deviation is 10%. Amanda Reckonwith, Percivalsfinancial adviser, recommends that Percival consider investing in an index fundthat closely tracks the Standard & Poors 500 index. The index has anexpected return of 14%, and its standard deviation is 16%.

a.SupposePercival puts all his money in a combination of the index fund and Treasurybills. Can he thereby improve his expected rate of return without changing therisk of his portfolio? The Treasury bill yield is 6%

b.Could Percivaldo even better by investing equal amounts in the corporate bond portfolio andthe index fund? The correlation between the bond portfolio and the index fundis +0.1