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What is the constraint in the minimization problem to find the optimal portfolio weights?
What is the constraint in the minimization problem to find the optimal portfolio weights?
What is the formula for the minimum variance portfolio (MV) for two assets?
What is the formula for the minimum variance portfolio (MV) for two assets?
What is the slope of the capital allocation line (CAL) that connects the risk-free asset and any other risky asset X?
What is the slope of the capital allocation line (CAL) that connects the risk-free asset and any other risky asset X?
What is the Sharpe ratio formula?
What is the Sharpe ratio formula?
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What is the point that separates the efficient and inefficient portfolios?
What is the point that separates the efficient and inefficient portfolios?
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What is the capital allocation line?
What is the capital allocation line?
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What is the expected return and standard deviation of the minimum variance portfolio?
What is the expected return and standard deviation of the minimum variance portfolio?
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What is the correlation between assets S and R?
What is the correlation between assets S and R?
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What is the optimal portfolio of risky assets dependent on according to the two-fund theorem?
What is the optimal portfolio of risky assets dependent on according to the two-fund theorem?
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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?
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?
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What is the purpose of the Taylor approximation in generating indifference curves?
What is the purpose of the Taylor approximation in generating indifference curves?
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What does the allocation between the risk-free and the tangency portfolio depend on?
What does the allocation between the risk-free and the tangency portfolio depend on?
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What is the efficient frontier a part of?
What is the efficient frontier a part of?
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What is the term for the portfolio that is the optimal combination of risky assets?
What is the term for the portfolio that is the optimal combination of risky assets?
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What is used to generate the indifference curves?
What is used to generate the indifference curves?
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What is the purpose of the Capital Allocation Line?
What is the purpose of the Capital Allocation Line?
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What is the purpose of finding the tangency portfolio?
What is the purpose of finding the tangency portfolio?
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What is the formula to find the optimal weight of asset A in the tangency portfolio?
What is the formula to find the optimal weight of asset A in the tangency portfolio?
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What is the efficient frontier?
What is the efficient frontier?
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What is the Sharpe ratio?
What is the Sharpe ratio?
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What is the purpose of the capital allocation line?
What is the purpose of the capital allocation line?
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What is the point of tangency on the efficient frontier?
What is the point of tangency on the efficient frontier?
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What is the formula to find the weight of asset B in the tangency portfolio?
What is the formula to find the weight of asset B in the tangency portfolio?
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What is the condition for finding the optimal weights of the tangency portfolio?
What is the condition for finding the optimal weights of the tangency portfolio?
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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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Optimize portfolio by minimizing variance. Learn how to calculate efficient and inefficient portfolios with given formulas and variables.