A Financial Advisor Is About to Build an Investment Portfolio

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Essay

A financial advisor is about to build an investment portfolio for a client who has $100,000 to invest. The four investments available are A, B, C, and D. Investment A will earn 4% and has a risk of two "points" per $1,000 invested. B earns 6% with 3 risk points; C earns 9% with 7 risk points; and D earns 11% with a risk of 8. The client has put the following conditions on the investments: A is to be no more than one-half of the total invested. A cannot be less than 20% of the total investment. D cannot be less than C. Total risk points must be at or below 1,000.Identify the decision variables of this problem. Write out the objective function and constraints. Do not solve.

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Definitions:

Withholding Allowances

Claims made on a W-4 form that determine the amount of an employee’s income not subject to federal income tax withholding.

Percentage Method

A way to calculate taxes or other financial figures by applying a specific percentage rate to a base amount.

Federal Income Tax

An annual financial obligation enforced by the IRS on earnings of persons, businesses, trusts, and other legal entities.

FICA Taxes

Taxes collected under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, funding Social Security and Medicare, deducted from employees' paychecks and matched by employers.