Assume that stock market returns do not resemble a single-index structure. An investment fund analyzes 100 stocks in order to construct a mean-variance efficient portfolio constrained by 100 investments. They will need to calculate _____________ expected returns and ___________ variances of returns.

A. 100; 100
B. 100; 4950
C. 4950; 100
D. 4950; 4950


A. 100; 100

The expected returns of each of the 100 securities must be calculated. In addition, the 100 variances around these returns must be calculated.

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A. Concurrent update B. Data recovery C. Data dictionary D. Security

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