1) Choose five stocksany five stocks you find interesting. List the company, the ticker symbol, and the percentage of your total portfolio that this stock makes up (this is your own creation).

Sprint (S) 5%

Netflix (NFLX) 5%

T-mobile (TMUS)5%

Apple (AAPL) 5%

Costco (COST) 10%

2) Find and report the beta for each of the stocks in your portfolio. Discuss what the beta of each stock means for that company.

3) Calculate the portfolio beta and discuss what it means. Based on the betas of each stock, which stocks might you choose to invest more heavily in and why?