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What is the economic interpretation of the Lagrange multiplier λ in the portfolio optimization problem where we minimize variance subject to a budget constraint?

  1. It is the expected return earned specifically by the global minimum-variance portfolio under budget.
  2. It measures how sensitive the optimal portfolio weights are to small changes in the prevailing risk-free rate.
  3. It represents the Sharpe ratio, meaning the risk-adjusted excess return per unit of volatility, of the optimal portfolio.
  4. It represents the marginal change in the minimum variance for a one-unit relaxation of the budget constraint.

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