II. Two stocks are expected to produce the following returns given the various states of the economy. Please calculate the expected rate of return, variance and standard deviation for the two stocks. Which is a better investment? ( 18 points) III. An investor is forming a portfolio by investing $70.000 in stock A that has a beta of 1.50, and $30,000 in stock B that has a beta of 0.6. The return on the market is equal to 12 percent and Treasury Bills have a yield of 4 percent. What is the beta of the portfolio and what is the required rate of return on the investor's portfolio? ( 10 points) IV. Western Electric has 1,200,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $30 and a rate of return of 12.5 percent. The firm has 50,000 shares of 6 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $90 a share. The preferred stock has a par value of $100. The outstanding debt has a total face value of $6,000,000 and currently sells for 95 percent of face value. The yield to maturity on the debt is 6.30 percent. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 21 percent? (12 points)