2. Assume that you manage a $10.00 million mutual fund that has a beta of 1.05 and a 12.00% required return. The risk-free rate is 4.75%. You now receive another $10.00 million, which you invest in stocks with an average beta of 0.65. What is the required rate of return on the new $20.00 million portfolio? (Hint: You must first find the market risk premium, then find the new portfolio beta.)

3. An analyst believes that economic conditions during the next year will be either Strong, Normal, or Weak, and she thinks that the Corrigan Company's returns will have the following probability distribution. What's the standard deviation of Corrigan's returns as estimated by this analyst?

Conditions Probability Return

Strong 30% 30%

Normal 40 15

Weak 30 -10