Exercise Solution 1.10
- Measured in USD 1000s, the portfolio’s value
has a binomial distribution with parameters n = 20 and p= 0.9. The general formula for the probability function of a binomial distribution is:
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Applying this to our portfolio, we obtain:
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This is graphed in Exhibit s1.
Exhibit s1: The market value (measured in USD 1000s) of the bond portfolio has a binomial distribution with parameters 20 and 0.9. - The formula for the standard deviation of a binomial random variable X with parameters n and p is:
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Measured in USD 1000s, our portfolio’s market value
is binomially distributed with parameters 20 and 0.9. Accordingly:
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