Expected return of the zero-variance two-asset mix
Question
Asset 1 has expected return and variance , asset 2 has expected return and variance , and their correlation is . Combine them with weights summing to one so the portfolio is riskless. What is its expected return, to three significant figures?
Short answer
About . The riskless weights are and , so the return is .
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- Greeks and Numerical Sensitivities
- Expectation, Mean, and Variance
- Conditional Expectation and Variance Revisited
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