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The optimum portfolio would be the one which maximizes investors expected wealth at a given level of risk. This means, option (A) is the correct option.
(B) is not the option as we have to maximize the wealth with respect to the investor's risk appetite and not the other way around.
(C) is not the correct option as proportion of each stock to be invested in, depends on the expected return and risk of the given stock.
(D) The most efficient portfolio is the one which is highly diversified with stocks which have low correlation between them.
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