π Section/Student Qs for Lecture 2
This section was reschedule from Saturday, June 29 to Sunday, June 30, at 7:30, as announced here
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π Questions covered Sunday, June 30
When can we view solutions
Clarified practice question
π£ 9:28
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Message: The way the second question is written out is confusing.
I think you want us to do .09/.04543 = 1.9811
1.9811*100 = 198.11%
198.11% investment in risky asset will give a 12% expected return of the complete portfolio.
β Thanks! Iβve overhauled the writing of the question. You can find the new question here: E(rc) to sd problem.
Can Ο C= Ο P ?
π£ 9:29
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Message: Hey Rob, Can Ο C= Ο P ? is it when 50% invested and 50% of the portfolio in cash? Q2 in HW my answers Ο C= Ο P after the calculation. Zeid
Timestamp: 2024-06-27T02:41:16.601Z
β Our formula says that . The only way for to equal is if y=1.
π£ 9:30
β Can you review what characteristics a risk averse investor is looking for when investing? Is it always simply a low standard deviation? I believe I saw a formula somewhere in your notes that clarifies this but now i canβt find it
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β Can you confirm that the slope of the CAL is equal to the Sharpe ratio?
βyes
π£ 9:30
β I hope this email finds you well. I was wondering if you will be posting the Zoom recordings for Section on the SSP website? I am not able to attend the section that is hosted from 1-3 because I am in a different time zone. Therefore, I would sincerely like to have access to the recordings.
β Yes, all recordings will be posted. You can find more information here: https://1452.robmunger.com/l0/watching/
π£ 9:34
β Can you do an overall interpretation of Q9?
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π£ 9:35ish
β Not sure how to make this a question so can you do interpretation for Q8?
I think we are missing info - donβt we need to know βyβ so we can figure out the E(rc)?
β You do not need to know y to figure out the slope of the CAL.
Entering numbers into Connect
π£ 9:35ish
β We also discussed the interpretation of q8 and how to enter numbers into questions 1 and 2
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