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The Distributions of Rates of Return for Companies AA and BB

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The distributions of rates of return for Companies AA and BB are given below:
?  State of the  Probability of  Economy  This State Occurring  AA  B B  Boom 0.230%10% Normal 0.610%5% Recession 0.25%50%\begin{array} { l l r r } \text { State of the } & \text { Probability of } & & \\\text { Economy } & \text { This State Occurring } & \underline { \text { AA } } & \underline { \text { B B } } \\\text { Boom } & 0.2 & 30 \% & - 10 \% \\\text { Normal } & 0.6 & 10 \% & 5 \% \\\text { Recession } & 0.2 & - 5 \% & 50 \%\end{array}
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We can conclude from the above information that any rational,risk-averse investor would be better off adding Security AA to a well-diversified portfolio over Security BB.

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