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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 theProbability of  Economy  This State Occurring  A.A  BB  Boom 0.230%10% Normal 0.610%5% Recession 0.25%50%\begin{array}{llrr}\text { State of the}& \text {Probability of }\\ \underline{\text { Economy }} & \underline{ \text { This State Occurring }} & \underline{\text { A.A }} & \underline{\text { BB }} \\\text { Boom } & 0.2 & 30 \% & -10 \% \\\text { Normal } & 0.6 & 10 \% & 5 \% \\\text { Recession } & 0.2 & -5 \% & 50 \%\end{array}

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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