Barry Swifter is 60 years of age and considering retirement. Barry's retirement portfolio currently is valued at$750,000 and is allocated in Treasurybills, anS&P 500 indexfund, and an emerging market fund asfollows:

a.Based on the current portfolio composition and the expected rates of return givenabove, what is the expected rate of return forBarry's portfolio?

b.Barry is considering a reallocation of his investments to include more Treasury bills and less exposure to emerging markets. If Barry moves all of his money from the emerging market fund and puts it in Treasurybills, what will be the expected rate of return on the resultingportfolio?

	Expected Return	$ Value
Treasury bills	4.3%	86,000
S&P 500 Index Fund	6.6%	431,000
Emerging Market Fund	13.9%