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You are given the following three stocks and you have been asked to propose a portfolio for a wealthy client. The client wants either a 2 asset (A-B, B-C, or A-C) or a 3 asset(A-B-C) portfolio. In any case, the portfolios must be equal weighted. Which of the four portfolios do you suggest to the client? Why? Show your work step by step.
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 Stocks  | 
 Mean Return  | 
 Std of Return  | 
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| 
 X  | 
 1.5  | 
 4  | 
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 Y  | 
 4  | 
 8  | 
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| 
 Z  | 
 7  | 
 1  | 
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 Correlations  | 
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| 
 X and Y  | 
 X and Z  | 
 Z and Y  | 
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| 
 0.5  | 
 0.2  | 
 0.7  | 
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