24 Questions
What is the constraint in the minimization problem to find the optimal portfolio weights?
wB = 1 - wA
What is the formula for the minimum variance portfolio (MV) for two assets?
σA2 + σB2 - 2ρAB σA σB
What is the slope of the capital allocation line (CAL) that connects the risk-free asset and any other risky asset X?
(E(rX) - rF) / σX
What is the Sharpe ratio formula?
(E(rP) - rF) / σP
What is the point that separates the efficient and inefficient portfolios?
Minimum variance portfolio
What is the capital allocation line?
A straight line that connects the efficient frontier and the risk-free asset
What is the expected return and standard deviation of the minimum variance portfolio?
10% and 18%
What is the correlation between assets S and R?
0
What is the optimal portfolio of risky assets dependent on according to the two-fund theorem?
Investor's risk preference
What is the same for two investors sharing the same perceptions as to expected returns, variances, and return correlations of assets, but differing in their willingness to take risks?
Efficient frontier
What is the purpose of the Taylor approximation in generating indifference curves?
To approximate the utility function
What does the allocation between the risk-free and the tangency portfolio depend on?
Risk preferences of the investor
What is the efficient frontier a part of?
Mean-Variance diagram
What is the term for the portfolio that is the optimal combination of risky assets?
Optimal portfolio
What is used to generate the indifference curves?
Taylor approximation
What is the purpose of the Capital Allocation Line?
To allocate assets between risk-free and tangency portfolio
What is the purpose of finding the tangency portfolio?
To determine the optimal weights of a portfolio
What is the formula to find the optimal weight of asset A in the tangency portfolio?
[E (rA ) − rf ] σB2 − [E (rB ) − rf ] ρAB σA σB
What is the efficient frontier?
A curve that shows the optimal portfolios with the highest Sharpe ratios
What is the Sharpe ratio?
A measure of the reward-to-risk ratio of a portfolio
What is the purpose of the capital allocation line?
To find the capital allocation between the risk-free asset and the tangency portfolio
What is the point of tangency on the efficient frontier?
The point where the capital allocation line is tangent to the efficient frontier
What is the formula to find the weight of asset B in the tangency portfolio?
1 - wA,T
What is the condition for finding the optimal weights of the tangency portfolio?
wA,T + wB,T = 1
Study Notes
Minimum Variance Portfolio
- The minimum variance portfolio can be found by solving the minimization problem: min wA2 σA2 + wB2 σB2 + 2wA wB · ρAB · σA σB subject to wB = 1 − wA
- The solution to this problem is wA,MV = (σB2 − ρAB σA σB) / (σA2 + σB2 − 2ρAB σA σB)
Capital Allocation Line (CAL)
- A straight line connecting the risk-free asset to any point along the efficient frontier represents a risk-reward tradeoff involving a particular mix of assets
- The slope of the CAL is E (rX ) − rf / σP, also known as the Sharpe ratio
Tangency Portfolio
- The tangency portfolio is the point of tangency on the efficient frontier
- The optimal weights of the tangency portfolio can be found by solving the maximization problem: max (E (rT ) − rf ) / σT subject to wB = 1 − wA
- The solution to this problem is wA,T = [E (rA ) − rf ] σB2 − [E (rB ) − rf ] ρAB σA σB / ([E (rA ) − rf ] σB2 + [E (rB ) − rf ] σA2 − [E (rA ) − rf + E (rB ) − rf ] ρAB σA σB)
Example Problem
- Find the weights of the tangency portfolio given the following assets: Risk-free (6%, 0), Risky S (14%, 20%), Risky R (8%, 15%), with a correlation of 0 between S and R
Separation Theorem
- The efficient frontier is the same for all investors, but the proportions invested in the available assets will be different
- The two-fund theorem or separation theorem states that the optimal portfolio of risky assets can be identified separately from an investor's risk preference
Investor Utility Functions
- Investors with different risk preferences can have different indifference curves
- The allocation between the risk-free and the tangency portfolio depends on the risk preferences of the investor
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