The Global Minimum Variance Portfolio Formed from Two Risky Securities

question 34

Multiple Choice

The global minimum variance portfolio formed from two risky securities will be riskless when the correlation coefficient between the two securities is

• A) 0.0.
• B) 1.0.
• C) 0.5.
• D) −1.0.
• E) any negative number.

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