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Problem 2-27 Blair & Rosen, Inc. (B&R) is a brokerage firm that specializes in investment portfolios designed to meet the specific risk tolerances of its dients A dlient who contacted B&R this past week has a maximum of $50,000 to invest. B&R's investment advisor decides to recommend a portfolio consisting of two investment funds: an Internet fund and a Blue Chip fund. The Internet fund has a projected annual return of 12%, whereas the Blue Chip fund has a projected annual return of 9%. The investment advisor requires that at most $35,000 of the dent's funds should be invested in the Internet fund. B&R services indlude a risk rating for each investment alternative. The Internet fund, which is the more risky of the two investment alternatives, has a risk rating of 6 per thousand dollars invested. The Blue Chip fund has a risk rating of 4 per thousand dollars invested. For example, if $10,000 is invested in each of the two investment funds, B&R's risk rating for the portfolio would be 6(10)+ 4(10)-100. Finally, B&R developed a questionnaire to measure each client's risk tolerance. Based on the responses, each client is dassified as a conservative, moderate, or aggressive investor. Suppose that the questionnaire results classified the current client as a moderate investor. B&R recommends that a client who is a moderate investor limit his or her portfolio to a maximum risk rating of 240. nment/takeAssignmentMain.dozinvoker-assignments&takeAssignmentSessiont.ocator-assignment-take&inprogress false Calculator a. What is the recommended investment portfolio for this dient? What is the annual return for the portfolio? If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. Internet fund Blue Chip fund Annual return 0 b. Suppose that a second dient with $50,000 to invest has been dassified as an aggressive investor. B&R recommends that the maximum portfolio risk rating for an aggressive investor is 320. What is the recommended investment portfolio for this aggressive investor? If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. Internet fund Blue Chip fund Annual return Discuss what happens to the portfolio under the aggressive investor strategy. c. Suppose that a third client with $50,000 to invest has been classified as a conservative investor. B&R recommends that the maximum portfolio risk rating for a conservative investor is 160. Develop the recommended investment portfolio for the conservative investor. If an amount is zero, enter "O". If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. Internet fund Blue Chip fund Annual return Next 11:0 Discuss the interpretation of the slack variable for the total investment fund constraint.

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