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Financial Planner Minnie Margin Wishes to Develop a Mutual Fund  Annual Returns (Flanning Scenarios) \text { Annual Returns (Flanning Scenarios) }

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Financial planner Minnie Margin wishes to develop a mutual fund portfolio based on the Markowitz portfolio model. She needs to determine the proportion of the portfolio to invest in each of the five mutual funds listed below so that the variance of the portfolio is minimized subject to the constraint that the expected return of the portfolio be at least 5%. Formulate the appropriate nonlinear program.  Annual Returns (Flanning Scenarios) \text { Annual Returns (Flanning Scenarios) }
 Mutual Fund  Year 1 Year 2  Year 3 Year 4  International Stock 22.3726.734.862.17 Large-Cap Value 15.4819.6411.505.25 Mid-Cap Value 17.4220.074.971.69 Small-Cap Growth 23.1812.363.253.81 Short-Term Bond 9.268.816.154.04\begin{array}{c|rrrr}\text { Mutual Fund } & \text { Year } 1 & \text { Year 2 } & \text { Year } 3 & \text { Year 4 }\\\hline \text { International Stock } & 22.37 & 26.73 & 4.86 & 2.17 \\\text { Large-Cap Value } & 15.48 & 19.64 & 11.50 & -5.25 \\\text { Mid-Cap Value } & 17.42 & 20.07 & -4.97 & -1.69 \\\text { Small-Cap Growth } & 23.18 & 12.36 & 3.25 & 3.81 \\\text { Short-Term Bond } & 9.26 & 8.81 & 6.15 & 4.04\end{array}

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