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how much of your capital (what weight) would you invest in stock A to maximize your portfolio's expected return per unit risk (maximize the Sharpe Ratio)?
Transcribed Image Text:State
Dep
Rec
Norm
Boom
Prob
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.2
Stock A
Return A
-0.25
0.12
0.33
0.42
Stock B
Return B
0.04
0.18
-0.12
0.08
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