The risky portfolio and the risk-free asset

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A portfolio has an expected rate of return of 14% and a standard deviation of 22%. The risk-free rate is 4%. An investor has the following utility function:. U = E(r)-1/2(A)σ2 Which value of A makes this investor indifferent between the risky portfolio and the risk-free asset?

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