A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected ReturnStandard DeviationStock fund (S)17%32%Bond fund (B)11%23% The correlation between the fund returns is 0.25.   Required:   Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)        PORTFOLIO INVESTED IN THE STOCKS   PORTFOLIO INVESTED IN THE BONDS   EXPECTED RETURN   STANDARD DEVIATION

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A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are:

Expected ReturnStandard DeviationStock fund (S)17%32%Bond fund (B)11%23%

The correlation between the fund returns is 0.25.

 

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Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

  

 

PORTFOLIO INVESTED IN THE STOCKS

 

PORTFOLIO INVESTED IN THE BONDS

 

EXPECTED RETURN

 

STANDARD DEVIATION

 

PLEASE ANSWER ASAP.

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