Reading 26: Asset Allocation LOS g～ Q1-3

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LOS g: Evaluate whether an asset class or set of asset classes has been appropriately specified.

Q1. Which of the following characteristics of asset classes is most desirable? Asset classes should:

A) have an index.

B) be negatively correlated.

C) be mutually exclusive.

Q2. Based on the following information, which asset class is the least significant in an efficient portfolio with an expected return of 12.50%?
The following are the long-term capital market expectations:

	Asset Class	Expected Return	Exp. Std. Dev.
1	US Equity	12.00%	16.00%
2	US Bonds	8.25%	6.50%
3	Intl Equities	14.00%	18.00%
4	Intl Bonds	9.25%	12.25%
5	Alt Inv	11.50%	21.00%

The details of each corner portfolio are given below.

Corner Portfolio	Expected Return	Exp. Std. Dev.	Sharpe Ratio	Asset Class Weights
Corner Portfolio	Expected Return	Exp. Std. Dev.	Sharpe Ratio	1	2	3	4	5
1	14.00%	18.00%	0.639	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%
2	13.66%	16.03%	0.696	0.00%	0.00%	86.36%	0%	14.00%
3	13.02%	13.58%	0.775	21.69%	0.00%	56.56%	0.00%	21.76%
4	12.79%	13.00%	0.792	21.48%	0.00%	52.01%	5.24%	21.27%
5	10.54%	8.14%	0.988	9.40%	51.30%	26.55%	0.00%	12.76%
6	8.70%	6.32%	0.981	0.00%	89.65%	4.67%	0.00%	5.68%

A) International bonds with a weight of 4.56%.

B) US bonds with a weight of 3.71%.

C) Alternative investments with a weight of 20.17%.

Q3. Following information is a partial list of corner portfolios:

Portfolio	Exp. Return	Std. Dev.	Asset class weights
Portfolio	Exp. Return	Std. Dev.	1	2	3
1	12.00%	10.50%	65.00%	0.00%	35.00%
2	16.50%	14.00%	15.00%	20.00%	50.00%
3	18.00%	20.00%	30.00%	20.00%	25.00%
4	23.00%	24.00%	15.00%	20.00%	55.00%

Which asset class is the most significant for an efficient portfolio with an expected return of 15% and the approximate standard deviation of this efficient portfolio?

A) Asset class 1, 15.00%.

B) Asset class 2, 12.85%.

C) Asset class 3, 12.85%.

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