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A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. Thefirst is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government andcorporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fundthat yields a sure rate of 4.0%. The probability distributions ofthe risky funds are:

   

Expected ReturnStandard Deviation
  Stock fund (S)10%32%
  Bond fund (B)7%24%

   

The correlation between the fund returns is .1250.

Suppose now that your portfolio must yield an expected return of8% and be efficient, that is, on the best feasible CAL.

  

a.

What is the standard deviation of your portfolio? (Donot round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimalplaces.)

   

  Standard deviation%

    

b-1.

What is the proportion invested in the T-bill fund? (Donot round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimalplaces.)

   

  Proportion invested in the T-bill fund%

   

b-2.

What is the proportion invested in each of the two risky funds?(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answersto 2 decimal places.)

       Proportion Invested
  Stocks%
  Bonds%

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