Question

Consider two perfectly negatively correlated risky securities A and B. A has an expected rate of return of 10% and a standard deviation of 16%. B has an expected rate of return of 8% and a standard deviation of 12%. What is the weight of Security A in the global minimum variance portfolio? Format your answer as a percent to 2 decimal places. (e.g. XX.XX% do not show % sign)

Answer 1

0.43

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the weight of Security A for the minimum variance portfolio is shown below:

Weight of security A is

= (Standard deviation of Security B) ÷ (Sum of the standard deviation of securities)

= (12%) ÷ (16% + 12%)

= (12%) ÷ (28%)

= 0.43

We simply applied the above formula so that the weight of Security A