Reference no: EM132575101
Michael and Janine are both investors wanting to purchase investment portfolios. The expected return, standard deviation and beta of various investments are shown in the following table:
Apocryphal Industries
17 (Ave return) 14 (SDev) 1.8 (Beta)
Bona Fide Ltd
12 (Ave return) 10 (SDev) 1.0 (Beta)
Market Index
12(Ave return) 2 (SDev) 1(Beta)
10 year Bond
6 (Ave return) 3( SDev) 0(Beta)
Michael wants a portfolio that has an expected return of 10% pa and that contains only Apocryphal Industries and 10 year bonds.
Janine wants a portfolio with a 21% weighting in Apocryphal Industries and a 79% weighting in Bona Fide Ltd shares. The correlation coefficient between the returns of the shares in Apocryphal Industries and Bona Fide Ltd is -0.6.
a) Calculate the percentage of each share that Michael should include in his portfolio to achieve his desired results. Give your answers as a percentage to the nearest percent.
b) Janine is interested in finding out how risky her portfolio is. Calculate the standard deviation of Janine's portfolio. Give your answer as a percentage to 2 decimal places.