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Assume the following two stocks are available for purchase. (There is only one risk factor.) K a = 20%+ 4F K b = 12% +
Assume the following two stocks are available for purchase. (There is only one risk factor.)
K a = 20%+ 4F
K b = 12% + 3F
We will sell stock b and replace three-fourths of its value with stock a and one-fourth of its value with a risk-free asset yielding 6 percent.
a. What is the new weighted average for the risk factor?
b. What is the new weighted average return?
c. Has the investor benefited from a risk-return perspective?
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Financial Institutions Management A Risk Management Approach
Authors: Marcia Cornett, Patricia McGraw, Anthony Saunders
8th edition
978-0078034800, 78034809, 978-0071051590
