Jonathan Reese Is Considering Three Stocks in Which to Invest

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Essay

Jonathan Reese is considering three stocks in which to invest with a fixed budget.The table below provides information on Jonathan's expected returns for each stock.The table also provides information, collected from market researchers, on the variance-covariance matrix of the individual stocks.He expects a total return of at least 10%.

Using the table above, provide the objective function for minimal variance, and the constraints for creating an optimization model.

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