BBF305/03: Investment and Portfolio Management Assignment, WOU, Malaysia Suppose there are an infinite number of assets with an expected return of 12% p a and a standard deviation

QUESTION 2 

Suppose there are an infinite number of assets with an expected return of 12% p.a. and a standard deviation of 40%. Further, assume investors from equally-weighted portfolios.

(a) If the correlation between any two assets is zero, calculate the expected
return and standard deviation of a randomly selected two-stock portfolio and a three-stock portfolio.

(b) If the correlation between any two assets is 0.45, elaborate on the highest
possible expected return and lowest possible standard deviation in this case.

(c) Explain the implications of your results to the concept of diversification based on the key differences between the two approaches in estimating the mean variance optimal portfolio: the Sharpe diagonal and the Markowitz approach.

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