A stock has a beta of 1.1 and an expected return of 15 percent. A risk-free asset

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A stock has a beta of 1.1 and an expected return of 15 percent. A risk-free asset currently earns 5 percent.

a. What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally invested in the two assets?

b. If a portfolio of the two assets has a beta of .6, what are the portfolio weights?

c. If a portfolio of the two assets has an expected return of 9 percent, what is its beta?

d. If a portfolio of the two assets has a beta of 2.20, what are the portfolio weights? How do you interpret the weights for the two assets in this case? Explain.

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780072553079

6th Edition

Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan

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