Portfolio Management - Portfolio Management Section 1

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26. A portfolio has a risk-free asset and two risky assets. Which of the following is most likely to be a depiction of the risk and return of this portfolio?

  • Option : A
  • Explanation : The capital allocation line, CAL, is a combination of the risk-free asset and one or more risky assets.
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27. Sam, an investor, would have an optimal portfolio with respect to the capital market theory, if the portfolio with a risk-free and a risky asset has the highest:

  • Option : C
  • Explanation : The optimal portfolio for an investor like Sam is the one where the CAL is the tangent to the investor’s highest possible indifference curve.
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28. Roger Phillips is a highly risk-averse investor. A majority of wealth is most likely to be invested in:

  • Option : B
  • Explanation : Highly risk-averse investors invest majority of their wealth in risk-free assets.
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29. A portfolio with equal parts invested in a risk-free asset and a risky portfolio will most likely lie on:

  • Option : B
  • Explanation : A capital allocation line shows possible combinations of a risky portfolio and the risk-free asset.
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30. An investment in only one asset type has a worse risk-return tradeoff than an investment in a portfolio of a risk-free asset and a risky asset. This is because the correlation between the risk-free asset and the risky asset is equal to:

  • Option : B
  • Explanation : An investment in only one asset type has a worse risk-return tradeoff than an investment in a portfolio of a risk-free asset and a risky asset because the correlation between the risk-free asset and the risky asset is equal to 0.
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