Setting up an investment optimization problem
Not what you're looking for?
Financial Analysts, Inc. is an investment firm that manages stock portfolios for a number of clients. A new client has just requested that the firm handle an $80,000 portfolio. As an initial investment strategy the client would like to restrict the portfolio to a mix of the following two stocks:
Stock: Oil Alaska
Price/share: $50
Estimates annual return/share: $6
Maximum possible investment: $50,000
Stock: Southwest Petroleum
Price/share: $30
Estimates annual return/share: $4
Maximum possible investment: $45,000
Let x = number of shares of Oil Alaska and y = number of shares of Southwest Petroleum
Part A: Develop the objective function, assuming that the client desires to maximize the total annual return
Part B: Show the mathematical expression for each of the following three constraints:
1. Total investment funds available are $80,000
2. Maximum Oil Alaska investment is $50,000
3. Maximum Southwest Petroleum investment is $45,000
Note: this problem only sets up the problem. It does not solve for x and y.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
This problem sets up an investment optimization problem through a linear programming model. It does not provide a solution.
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Cost Concepts: Analyzing Costs in Managerial Accounting
This quiz gives students the opportunity to assess their knowledge of cost concepts used in managerial accounting such as opportunity costs, marginal costs, relevant costs and the benefits and relationships that derive from them.
Paradigms and Frameworks of Management Research
This quiz evaluates your understanding of the paradigm-based and epistimological frameworks of research. It is intended for advanced students.
MS Word 2010-Tricky Features
These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.
Writing Business Plans
This quiz will test your understanding of how to write good business plans, the usual components of a good plan, purposes, terms, and writing style tips.
Income Streams
In our ever changing world, developing secondary income streams is becoming more important. This quiz provides a brief overview of income sources.