Consider the following information for three stocks, Stock A, Stock B, and Stock C. The returns on each of the three stocks are positively correlated, but they are not perfectly correlated. (That is, all of the correlation coefficients are between 0 and 1.)

Stock Return StandardDeviation Beta

Stock A 10% 20% 1.0

Stock B 10 20 2.0

Stock C 12 20 1.4

Portfolio P has half of its funds invested in Stock A and .25 invested in Stock Band .25 invested in c Portfolio Q has one third of its funds invested in each of the three stocks. The risk-free rate is 5 percent, and the market is in equilibrium. (That is, required returns equal expected returns.) What is beta for portfolio P

Select one:

a. 1.5

b. 1

c. 1.35

d. 1.46