Given a Portfolio of 50 Shares,how Many Variance and Unique

question 1

Multiple Choice

Given a portfolio of 50 shares,how many variance and unique covariance terms can be estimated using the Markowitz approach?

• A) 50 variances; 1225 covariances
• B) 50 variances; 1250 covariances
• C) 49 variances; 1200 covariances
• D) 49 variances; 780 covariances

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