A client of the firm holds the following shares in an investment portfolio Ocka Limited Techno Limited Mega Bank Limited $60,000,000 beta 0.9 $40,000,000 beta 1.3 $80,000,000 beta 0.8 a. Explain the beta coefficient for each of the above stocks. b. What is the level of risk of the portfolio as measured by beta? The weighted average beta of the portfolio is: . Beta Ocka Limited Techno Limited Mega Bank Limited Amount $60,000,000 $40.000.000 $80,000,000 0.9 1.3 0.8 c. If the investor added to the above portfolio with the purchase of $90,000,000 worth of shares in WOW Ltd (beta 1.8), what impact would that purchase have on the risk structure of the portfolio? If the investment in WOW Ltd. is added to the portfolio the weighted average beta of the portfolio becomes: Beta Amount WOW Limited $90,000,000 Ocka Limited $60,000,000 Techno Limited $40,000,000 Mega Bank Limited $80,000,000 1.80 0.90 1.30 0.80 By adding the risky investment in WOW Ltd. the investor has increased the average systematic risk associated with the portfolio. d. The last dividend paid to shareholders by Mega Bank Limited was $1.80 per share. You have read through the latest reports including further analysis using a Bloomberg market data terminal and report that the board of directors of Mega Bank plan to maintain a constant dividend growth policy of 4 per cent per annum. You also calculate the historical expected return of the S&P ASX/200 to be 7 % per annum and that the rate of return on the 5-year Australian government bond is 2% per annum. If the current price of Mega Bank shares in the share market is $89.50, should you place a buy, or a sell target on the shares? (Show your calculations.)