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

question 40

Multiple Choice

Assume that stock market returns do not resemble a single-index structure. An investment fund analyzes 132 stocks in order to construct a mean-variance efficient portfolio constrained by 132 investments. They will need to calculate ____________ covariances.

• A) 100
• B) 132
• C) 4,950
• D) 8,646

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