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Use the following table to answer the question below. If you have the standard utility function described in the lecture with A = 6, and you think the future will be like the 1926-1946 period, what fraction of your investments should be in the T-bill (i.e., the portfolio weight of T-bill)?
Round your answer to 4 decimal places. For example, if your answer is 3.205%, then please write down 0.0321.
time | S&P500 ret. | T-bill ret. | Std. dev. |
1926-2012 | 11.67% | 3.58% | 20.48% |
1989-2012 | 11.1% | 3.52% | 18.22% |
1968-1988 | 10.91% | 7.48% | 16.71% |
1947-1967 | 15.35% | 2.28% | 17.66% |
1926-1946 | 7.46% | 0.97% | 26.17% |
Fraction of your investments should be in the T-bill (i.e., the portfolio weight of T-bill)?
=1-(7.46%-0.97%)/(6*26.17%*26.17%)
=0.8421