International Financial Management 6th Edition by Sanjiv Eun, Cheol Resnick, Bruce Sabherwal

Exercise 11

Suppose you are a financial adviser and your client, who is currently investing only in the U.S. stock market, is considering diversifying into the U.K. stock market. At the moment, there are neither particular barriers nor restrictions on investing in the U.K. stock market. Your client would like to know what kinds of benefits can be expected from doing so. Using the data provided in problem 6, solve the following problems:
Solve for the optimal international portfolio comprising the U.S. and U.K. markets. Assume that the monthly risk-free interest rate is 0.5 percent and that investors can take a short (negative) position in either market. This problem can be solved using the spreadsheet MPTSolver.xls.