Assume That Stock Market Returns Do Not Resemble a Single-Index

question 20

Multiple Choice

Assume that stock market returns do not resemble a single-index structure. An investment fund analyzes 150 stocks in order to construct a mean-variance efficient portfolio constrained by 150 investments. They will need to calculate ____________ covariances.

• A) 12
• B) 150
• C) 22,500
• D) 11,175

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