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Expected return |
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Year |
Asset A |
Asset B |
Asset C |
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2013 |
16 |
17 |
14 |
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2014 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
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2015 |
18 |
15 |
16 |
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2016 |
19 |
14 |
17 |
Using these assets, you have isolated three investment alternatives:
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Option |
Investment |
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1 |
100% of asset A |
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2 |
50% of asset A and 50% of asset B |
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3 |
50% of asset A and 50% of asset C |
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Expected return |
|||
|
Year |
Asset A |
Asset B |
Asset C |
|
2013 |
16 |
17 |
14 |
|
2014 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
|
2015 |
18 |
15 |
16 |
|
2016 |
19 |
14 |
17 |
Using these assets, you have isolated three investment alternatives:
|
Option |
Investment |
|
1 |
100% of asset A |
|
2 |
50% of asset A and 50% of asset B |
|
3 |
50% of asset A and 50% of asset C |
PLEASE STATE ALL THE FORMULAS CLEARLY AND DUN ANS IN EXCEL.
Answer a
How to compute Portfolio return in excel is shown below. Other two are also computed in the same way in excel

| Statement of Total expected return by using the data of each alternative of Investment | |||||
| Using Alternative 100% of Asset A | |||||
| Portfolio value($) | Year | Investment value($) | Investment return rate | Investment weight | Total expected return |
| 100000 | 2013 | 100000 | 16% | 1 | 0.16 |
| 17% | 1 | 0.17 | |||
| 18% | 1 | 0.18 | |||
| 19% | 1 | 0.19 | |||
| Portfolio expected return | 0.7 | ||||
| Using Alternative A and B | |||||
| Portfolio value | Year | Investment value | Investment return rate | Investment weight | Total expected return |
| 100000 | 2013 | 50000 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 50000 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | |
| 2014 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | ||
| 2014 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 | ||
| 2015 | 18% | 0.5 | 0.09 | ||
| 2015 | 15% | 0.5 | 0.075 | ||
| 2016 | 19% | 0.5 | 0.095 | ||
| 2016 | 14% | 0.5 | 0.07 | ||
| Portfolio expected return | 0.66 | ||||
| Using Alternative A and C | |||||
| Portfolio value | Year | Investment value | Investment return rate | Investment weight | Total expected return |
| 100000 | 2013 | 50000 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 50000 | 14% | 0.5 | 0.07 | |
| 2014 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | ||
| 2014 | 15% | 0.5 | 0.075 | ||
| 2015 | 18% | 0.5 | 0.09 | ||
| 2015 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 | ||
| 2016 | 19% | 0.5 | 0.095 | ||
| 2016 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | ||
| Portfolio expected return | 0.66 | ||||
Answer B
How to calculate SD in excel is exhibited. The other two are computed in the same way

| Statement of satandard deviation of three alternatives | ||||||
| Using Alternative 100% of Asset A | ||||||
| Portfolio value($) | Year | Investment value($) | Investment return rate | Investment weight | Total expected return | Standard deviation |
| 100000 | 2013 | 100000 | 16% | 1 | 0.16 | |
| 17% | 1 | 0.17 | ||||
| 18% | 1 | 0.18 | ||||
| 19% | 1 | 0.19 | 0.012909944 | |||
| Portfolio expected return | 0.7 | |||||
| Using Alternative A and B | ||||||
| Portfolio value | Year | Investment value | Investment return rate | Investment weight | Total expected return | |
| 100000 | 2013 | 50000 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 | |
| 2013 | 50000 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | ||
| 2014 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | |||
| 2014 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 | |||
| 2015 | 18% | 0.5 | 0.09 | |||
| 2015 | 15% | 0.5 | 0.075 | |||
| 2016 | 19% | 0.5 | 0.095 | |||
| 2016 | 14% | 0.5 | 0.07 | 0.008017837 | ||
| Portfolio expected return | 0.66 | |||||
| Using Alternative A and C | ||||||
| Portfolio value | Year | Investment value | Investment return rate | Investment weight | Total expected return | |
| 100000 | 2013 | 50000 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 | |
| 2013 | 50000 | 14% | 0.5 | 0.07 | ||
| 2014 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | |||
| 2014 | 15% | 0.5 | 0.075 | |||
| 2015 | 18% | 0.5 | 0.09 | |||
| 2015 | 16% | 0.5 | 0.08 | |||
| 2016 | 19% | 0.5 | 0.095 | |||
| 2016 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.085 | 0.008017837 | ||
| Portfolio expected return | 0.66 | |||||