Jacques is an analyst at a wealth management firm. One of his clients holds a $$10,000$ portfolio that consists of four stocks. The investment allocation in the portfolio along with the contribution of risk from each stock is given in the following table:

Last Question: Suppose instead of replacing Atteric Incs stock with transfer fuels cos stock, Jacques considers replacing Atteric Incs stock with the equal dollar allocation to shares of company x stock that has a higher beta than atteric inc. if everything else remains constant, the required return from the portfolio would a$.$ Increase

B$.$ Decrease