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Commerce · Q124

Financial Management

Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 124

Q124

Portfolio weights are found by_________________.

A.
dividing standard deviation by expected value
B.
calculating the percentage each asset is to the total portfolio value
Answer
C.
calculating the return of each asset to total portfolio return
D.
dividing expected value by the standard deviation

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Portfolio weights are found by calculating the percentage each asset is to the total portfolio value. A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds.