A Stock Fund Has a Standard Deviation of 16 Percent

question 27

Multiple Choice

A stock fund has a standard deviation of 16 percent and a bond fund has a standard deviation of 4 percent.The correlation of the two funds is .11.What is the weight of the stock fund in the minimum variance portfolio?

• A) 3.47 percent
• B) 6.48 percent
• C) 11.92 percent
• D) 14.67 percent
• E) 18.22 percent

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Definitions:

Neurotic Need

Refers to one of the ten specific psychosocial needs identified by psychoanalyst Karen Horney that individuals may develop in response to anxiety stemming from interpersonal relationships.

Collective Unconscious

A concept in analytical psychology proposed by Carl Jung, referring to the part of the unconscious mind containing memories and archetypes shared among people across cultures and generations.

Jung

Refers to Carl Gustav Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, emphasizing the importance of the individual psyche and the personal quest for wholeness.

Anima

In Jung’s version of psychoanalysis, the idea of the typical female as held in the mind of a male.