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Chapter 8, Problem 12PROB
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Portfolio beta is used to measure the portfolio’s overall systematic risk of an investment which equals the weighted average of all individual stock’s beta coefficient in a portfolio.
The amount of $120,000 invested in four stocks and its portfolio’s beta coefficient is equal to 0.8. The value of the stock which is to be sold is $48,000 and its beta coefficient is 1.
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