The following table of information is useful for t task 3 (Data only for academic & learning purpose only)

	Company Name	Closing Price (Share Value) as on 31st December,
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
1	Vista Telecommunication	2.1450	2.8150	2.4420	2.3800	2.7450
2	National Automobiles	2.4530	2.6700	3.9800	2.0500	2.8500
3	Dynamic Airlines	2.6450	2.8230	2.9990	23.9800	2.2760
4	Imperial Bank	2.7250	2.9810	2.9090	2.9320	2.9280
5	Future Retail	2.6900	2.8900	2.5520	2.7695	3.5800
6	Kingdom Constructions	1.7150	1.5790	2.8210	2.8050	2.9350
7	Century Plastics	2.8500	2.2550	2.5690	2.9300	2.4200
8	Deccan Park	3.4690	3.8500	3.8650	3.9000	3.8500
9	Continental Travels	2.0890	2.8320	3.2450	2.2240	2.0280
10	Five Start Hospitality	3.6900	2.7930	2.7930	2.7500	2.3400
	Assume: Market Returns (Rm) = 8 % Risk Free Rate (rf) = 5%
	* Hypothetical Value to the nearest place taken for academic purpose only

Task 3 (4 Marks)

Construct three types of portfolios of equal weights

Assuming that each stock has equal weight in the portfolio, calculate

Portfolio A any combination of any four companies, (1/4, 1/4, 1/4 weights x returns) & (weights x standard deviation)

Portfolio B any combination of any six companies, and (1/6, 1/6, 1/6, 1/6, 1/5 (weights x returns) & (weights x standard deviation)

Make a table / graph of all the companies in terms of averages and standard deviation and based on that given highest rank to highest average (returns) and highest rank to lowest standard deviation ( risk)

Comment and analyze based on the rankings which portfolio has the maximum returns and which portfolio is having the minimum standard deviation. Give the reasons (Economic reasons)

(2 marks for calculations + 2 marks for analysis and comments)

(Comments : Maximum 100 words)