What is the equation of the cal connecting security

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There are three securities available for investment: Security A has an expected return of 10% and standard deviation of 20%; Security B has an expected return of 15% and standard deviation of 25%; Security C expected return of 8% and standard deviation of 0%. The covariance between the returns on the Security A and the Security B is -0.05.

a) What is the lowest level of risk (standard deviation) you can achieve by investing in the Security A and the Security B only? Show how you can create such portfolio.

b) What is the equation of the CAL connecting Security A and Security C? What is the reward-to-variability (Sharpe) ratio associated with this CAL?

c) If you decide to invest $50 in Security A and $150 in Security B, what are the expected return and the standard deviation of the resulting portfolio?

d) What should be a degree of risk aversion of an investor who is indifferent between investing in the Security A and the Security B?

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