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Q: Investing ( No Answer,   3 Comments )
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Subject: Investing
Category: Business and Money > Finance
Asked by: keek-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 23 Oct 2002 16:00 PDT
Expires: 23 Oct 2002 17:57 PDT
Question ID: 88818
If portfolio weights are positive, can the return on a portfolio ever
be less than the smallest return on an individual security in the
portfolio?
Also, if portfolio weights are positive, can the variance of a
portfolio ever be less than the smallest variance of an individual
security in the portfolio?
Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Investing
From: omnivorous-ga on 23 Oct 2002 16:08 PDT
 
The answers are:
A. no
B. yes

But the real question is: how much math do you need to explain the answers?

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA
Subject: Re: Investing
From: omnivorous-ga on 23 Oct 2002 16:11 PDT
 
Keek --

Shame on me: the answers are No and No.  But the question is still
what kind of proof do you need?

Omnivorous-GA
Subject: Re: Investing
From: keek-ga on 23 Oct 2002 17:56 PDT
 
Omnivorous,
Thanks for your help!  That is all I needed to know to answer my
question.  And thanks for such a quick response!
Keek

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