Financial Planner Minnie Margin Wishes to Develop a Mutual Fund

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Essay

Financial planner Minnie Margin wishes to develop a mutual fund portfolio based on the Markowitz portfolio model. She needs to determine the proportion of the portfolio to invest in each of the five mutual funds listed below so that the variance of the portfolio is minimized subject to the constraint that the expected return of the portfolio be at least 5%. Formulate the appropriate nonlinear program.

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Definitions:

Binge Eating Disorder

An eating disorder marked by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food, often quickly and to the point of discomfort.

Anorexia Nervosa

A disorder marked by excessively low body weight, severe worry over weight gain, and an inaccurate view of one's own body weight or form.

Bulimia Nervosa

A condition where individuals engage in excessive eating followed by actions to expel the food in order to stop weight increase.

Prevalence

The proportion or number of individuals within a specified population who have a particular disease or condition at a given time.