Benchmark portfolio risk is defined as

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• Depending upon the investor’s preferences and the market opportunities an investor’s portfolio is the portfolio that I. Maximizes her expected utility. II. Maximizes her risk. III. Minimizes both her risk and return. IV. Maximizes her expected profit.
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• At the prevailing environment, the Capital Market Line (CML) equation for a portfolio is given as E(ri),% = 8 + 0.36 ?i The ex-ante SML equation for the same portfolio i is E(ri),% = 8 + 5.50 ?i Therefore, the variance of market portfolio is approximately
• The beta of an active portfolio is 1.20. The standard deviation of the returns on the market index is 20%. The nonsystematic variance of the active portfolio is 1%. The standard deviation of the returns on the active portfolio is __________.
• A portfolio comprises of two stocks A and B. Stock A gives a return of 8%and stock B gives a return of 7%. Stock A has a weight of 60% in the portfolio. What is the portfolio return?
• Mr. Zaffar has following scrips in his portfolio: Scrip Beta Proportion of investment (%) Reliance .83 .25 Infosys .8 .25 Reymond 1.4 .35 IndiaBulls 1.2 .15 If the risk free rate is 6% and return on the market is 16%, what will be the expected return on his portfolio?