Corporate Finance
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Chapter 11, Problem 10QAP
Calculating Portfolio Betas You own a stock portfolio invested 20 percent in Stock Q, 30 percent in Stock R, 15 percent in Stock S, and 35 percent in Stock T. The betas for these four stocks are 75,1.90,1.38, and 1.16, respectively. What is the portfolio beta?
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