Current Attempt in Progress Susan is expecting the returns on the market portfolio to be negative in the near term. Since she is managing a stock mutual fund, she must remain invested in a portfolio of stocks. However, she is allowed to adjust the beta of her portfolio. What kind of beta would you recommend for Susan's portfolio?
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- A highly risk-averse investor is considering adding one additional stock to a 4-stock portfolio. Two stocks are under consideration. Both have an expected return,, of 15%. However, the distribution of possible returns associated with Stock A has a standard deviation of 12%, while Stock B’s standard deviation is 8%. Both stocks are equally highly correlated with the market, with correlation equal to 0.75 for both stocks. Which stock should this risk-averse, will add to his/her portfolio? Explain with reasoningYou have $122,000 to invest in a portfolio containing Stock X and Stock Y. Your goal is to create a portfolio that has an expected return of 17.6 percent. Stock X has an expected return of 14.0 percent and a beta of 1.26, and Stock Y has an expected return of 9.5 percent and a beta of 1.00. a. How much money will you invest in Stock Y? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) b. What is the beta of your portfolio?PART A,B and C are completed. need help in D and E. TIA Unique vs. Market Risk. The figure below shows plots of monthly rates of return on three stocks versus the stock market index. The beta and standard deviation of each stock is given besides its plot. A. Which stock is riskiest to a diversified investor? B. Which stock is riskiest to an undiversified investor who puts all her funds in one of these stocks? C. Consider a portfolio with equal investments in each stock. What would this portfolio’s beta have been? D. Consider a well-diversified portfolio made up of stocks with the same beta as Exxon. What are the beta and standard deviation of this portfolio’s return? The standard deviation of the market portfolio’s return is 20 percent. E. What is the expected rate of return on each stock? Use the capital asset pricing model with a market risk premium of 8 percent. The risk-free rate of interest is 4 percent.
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