A retired partner from Goldman Sachs has 1 million dollars available to invest in particular stocks or bonds. Each investment’s annual rate of return depends on the state of the economy in the coming year. The file P10_69.xlsx contains the distribution of returns for these stocks and bonds as a function of the economy’s state in the coming year. This investor wants to allocate her $1 million to maximize her expected total return 1 year from now. a. If X Y 15% (see the file), find the optimal investment strategy for this investor. b. For which values of X and Yif any, will this investor prefer to place all of her available funds in the given stocks to maximize her expected total return one year from now? c. For which values of Xand Y if any, will this investor prefer to place all of her available funds in the given bonds to maximize her expected total return one year from now?
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