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question 85

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Suppose that you currently have $250,000 invested in a portfolio with an expected return of 12% and a volatility of 10%.The efficient (tangent) portfolio has an expected return of 17% and a volatility of 12%.The risk-free rate of interest is 5%.
-You want to maximize your expected return without increasing your risk.Without increasing your volatility beyond its current 10%,the maximum expected return you could earn is closest to:

• A).12.0%.
• B)12.5%.
• C)13.4%.
• D)15.0%.

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