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- A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is 0.25. Expected Return 17% 11% Expected return Standard deviation Required: What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) % Standard Deviation 32% 23%A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is 0.25. Expected Return 17% 11% Required: What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) X Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Expected return Standard deviation 14.67 X % 23.83 % Standard Deviation 38% 29%A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.0%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) Expected Return 11% 6% Expected Standard deviation The correlation between the fund returns is 0.0500. What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Standard Deviation 40% 20% % %
- A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 9%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Expected Return Standard Deviation Stock fund (S) 17 % 30 % Bond fund (B) 11 22 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.10. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as decimals rounded to 4 places.)A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 8%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Expected Standard Stock fund (S) Return Deviation 30% 15 20% 12 Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is 0.10. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as decimals rounded to 4 places. Portfolio invested in the stock Portfolio invested in the bond Expected return Standard deviationA pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 7%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Expected Return Standard. Deviation Stock fund (S) 32% Bond fund (B) 19 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.11. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as decimals rounded to 4 places. 22% 12
- A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 9%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) Expected Return 19% 12 Standard Deviation 32% 15 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.11. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as decimals rounded to 4 places.) Portfolio invested in the stock Portfolio invested in the bond Expected return Standard deviationA pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 8%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: expected return Standard Deviation Stock fund 19% 34% Bond Fund 10 18 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.11. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as decimals rounded to 4 places.) Protifolio invested in stock Protifolio invested in bond expected return standard deviationA pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 9%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) Expected Return 19% 12 Standard Deviation 32% 15 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.11. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as decimals rounded to 4 places. Portfolio invested in the stock Portfolio invested in the bond Expected return Standard deviation
- A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 4%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Stock fund (S) Exp. Return Bond fund (B) 0.43 15% O 1.00 0.70 11% The correlation between the fund returns is 0.2. Solve numerically for the Sharpe Ratio of the optimal risky portfolio. 0.66 Std. Deviation 0.85 26% 12%A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 4.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return Stock fund (S) 15% Bond fund (B) 9% The correlation between the fund returns is 0.15. Required: What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) S 40% 31%A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 4.2%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected return Standard Expected Return 12% 5% Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is .0308. What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) deviation Standard Deviation 33% 26% 11.21 28.63 %