Suppose that one of five states of nature may unfold tomorrow. All are equally likely....

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  1. Suppose that one of five states of nature may unfold tomorrow. All are equally likely. Consider two risky assets with uncertain returns rA and rB as follows:

State

w1

w2

w3

w4

w5

R_A

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.7

R_B

0.9

0.8

0.4

0.3

0.7

(a) Explain which asset a risk averse investor will choose. (b) Does either asset state-by-state dominate, FOSD or SOSD the other? Provide evidence. (c) Does a riskless portfolio exist? If so, what is it?

Course: Financial Economics

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