You want to create a portfolio that is​ 80% as risky as the market. You can choose to invest in either Stock B with a beta of 2 or the​ risk-free asset. How much do you invest in Stock​ B?   A. ​40%   B. 50%   C. ​60%   D. 70%

You are given the following information about four portfolios and the market returns. A B C 12% 10% 15% 1.2 0.8 1 20% 16% 30% Average Return Beta STD. A If an investor wants to include A, B, C, or D into their already well-diversified portfolio, which would be the most preferable? B C D D 20% 2 45% None of the above. Market 8% 1 15%

You have $19,878 to invest in a stock portfolio. Your choices are Stock "X" with an expected return of 12.5% and Stock Y with an expected return of 8.24%. If your goal is to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11.92%, how much money will you invest in Stock X?      State of Economy Probability of  State of Economy Return Stock A Return Stock B Return Stock C Boom 0.20 19.41% 20.65% 29.51% Good 0.35 8.08%  10.59% 13.88% Poor 0.40 5.53% 3.23% 5.04% Bust 0.05 1.77% 1.47% 1.16% Your portfolio is invested 23% each in stock A and C and the remaining in stock B. What is the expected return of the portfolio? NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two decimals. If your decimal answer is 0.034576, your answer must be 3.46. DO NOT USE the % sign     A Stock has a beta of 1, the expected return on the market is 17.72%, and the risk-free rate is 4.85%. What must the expected return on this stock be? NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two…

(Security market line) You are considering the construction of a portfolio comprised of equal investments in each of four different stocks. The betas for each stock are found below Asset A Beta 2.30 B C D 0.80 0.60 -1.60 (Click on the icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) a. What is the portfolio beta for your proposed investment portfolio? b. How would a 25 percent increase in the expected return on the market impact the expected return of your portfolio? c. How would a 25 percent decrease in the expected return on the market impact the expected return on each asset? d. If you are interested in decreasing the beta of your portfolio by changing your portfolio allocation in two stocks, which stock would you decrease and which would you increase? Why? a. The portfolio beta for your proposed investment portfolio is (Round to three decimal places)

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An investor is forming a portfolio by investing $50,000 in stock A which has a beta of 2.40, and $50,000 in stock B which has a beta of 0.60. The return on the market is equal to 8% and treasure bonds have a yield of 3% (rRF). What’s the portfolio beta?     0.60     1.30     1.50     1.80  Using the information in Question 41, calculate the required rate of return on the investor’s portfolio     11.0%     15.0%     12.0%     10.5% A retail store is offering a diamond ring for sale for 36 months at $128 per month. The retail price of the ring is $4,000. What is the interest rate on this offer?     9.43%     11.20%     11.98%     12.11%

You build a portfolio containing stocks ?A and ?B only and you have shorted ?B such that its portfolio weight is −0.25−0.25. If the expected return on ?A is 15% and on ?B is 13%, what is the expected return (in %) on the portfolio?

16. Assume the betas for securities A, B, and C are as shown here. (Click on the icon located on the top-right corner of the data table below in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Security A B C .673 Beta If you have a portfolio with $30,000 invested in each of Investment A, B, and C, what is your portfolio beta? Using the portfolio beta and assuming a risk-free rate of 5%, what would you expect the return of your portfolio to be if the market earned 20.8% next year? Declined 19.6%? The beta of your portfolio is (Round to three decimal places.) The return of your portfolio to be if the market earned 20.8% is If the market earned 20.8%, the value of your portfolio is $ The return of your portfolio to be if the market declined 19.6% is If the market declined 19.6%, the value of your portfolio is $ 1.62 0.63 - 0.23 (Round to the nearest dollar.) %. (Round to two decimal places and enter as a negative number if the return decreased.) %. (Round to two decimal places and enter…

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1.  What is your expected portfolio return of an investment portfolio with a 60/40 allocation of stocks and bonds, respectively, if you expect long term equities to return 8%, and long term bonds to return 2%?     5.6%     6.2%     4.8%     5.1% 2.  You are looking into developing your first investment portfolio.  After assessing your risk tolerance, you believe that an 90/10 allocation of stocks and bonds, respectively, is where you want to begin.  You believe that 7% is what stocks will return over the next ten years, and 4% is what you expect to return in your bond portfolio.  If you invest $300/month for the next ten years, what will your portfolio be worth?      $51,077     $47,579     $52,843     $44,880