The Portfolio Standard Deviation0.25Standard Deviation0.20.150.10.05000.250.5Portfolio Weights0.751
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The Risk-Return Trade-Off Curve0.160.14Expected ReturnS V R 0.120.100.080.060.040.020.0000.050.10.150.20.25Stansard Deviation 26
Minimum-Variance Portfolio
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2PEfficient Portfolio & Efficient Frontier
? Efficient portfolio: the portfolio that offers the highest expected return at a specified level of risk (standard deviation) or the lowest degree of risk for a specified expected return
? Efficient frontier: the boundary line VS defines the efficient set of portfolios
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