SharonSmith, the financial manager for BarnettCorporation, wishes to evaluate three prospectiveinvestments: X,Y, and Z. Sharon will evaluate each of these investments to decide whether they are superior to investments that her company already has inplace, which have an expected return of 11% and a standard deviation of 4%. The expected returns and standard deviations of the investments are asfollows:

X 13% 5%

Y 9% 7%

Z 11% 6%

a.If Sharon were riskneutral, which investment might sheselect?

b.If she were riskaverse, which investment might sheselect?

c.If she were riskseeking, which investments might sheselect?

d.Given the traditional risk preference behavior exhibited by financialmanagers, which investment might bepreferred?