Question 17 Suppose Carole has a total wealth of $100,000 and a utility described by U = E -A She has a risk aversion coefficient of A-1. She can borrow and lend/invest at the risk-free rate of 2.8%. Suppose the optimal risky portfolio has an expected return of 12% and a standard deviation of 27.5%, What is her optimal amount to borrow or lend/invest at the risk free rate? Indicate investing/lending as a positive number and borrowing as a negative number. Round to the nearest cent ($0.01). Your answer should not include the $ sign. If your answer is $25.34, it should be written as 25.34.

Question 17

Suppose Carole has a total wealth of $100,000 and a utility described by U = E -A She has a risk aversion coefficient of A-1. She can borrow and lend/invest at the risk-free rate of 2.8%. Suppose the optimal risky portfolio has an expected return of 12% and a standard deviation of 27.5%, What is her optimal amount to borrow or lend/invest at the risk free rate? Indicate investing/lending as a positive number and borrowing as a negative number. Round to the nearest cent ($0.01). Your answer should not include the $ sign. If your answer is $25.34, it should be written as 25.34.

Question 18

Ayear ago, an investor bought 200 shares of a "no-load" mutual fund at $10.01 per share. No-load funds do not change "entry fees or "exit" fees when buying or redeeming shares. Sometime during the year, the fund paid dividends of $0.71 per share and the fund paid capital gains of $0.14 per share - and these payments were reinvested in the fund at an average price of $10.73 per share (fractional shares are allowed - no need to round to the closest whole number of shares). If the investor sells her shares in the fund for the NAV of the fund, $11.86, what is the investor's holding period return (HPR? Assume no transaction costs and no taxes. Remember - Your answer must be in decimal form, not percent. If the answer is 8:3333:%, then answer 0.0833. Round to 4 decimal places