Katie plans to form a portfolio consisting of two securities, Intel (INTC) and Procter& Gamble (PG), and she wonders how the portfolio's return will depend on the amount that she invests in each stock. Katie's professor suggests that she use the capital asset pricing model to define the required returns for the two companies.

rj = rf + [bj (rm - rf)]

Katie measures rf using the current long-term Treasury bond return of 3%. Katie determines that the average return on the S&P 500 Index over the last several years is 11%, so she uses that figure to measure rm.

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Create a spreadsheet to model and analyze the distribution of two securities in the portfolio:

a. Estimate the beta values for INTC and PG based on the data from the table far below using the Excel SLOPE function.

b. Using the CAPM, determine the required rates of return for both INTC and PG.

c. Katie has decided that the portfolio will be distributed between INTC and PG in a 60% and 40% split, respectively. Hence, a weighted average can be calculated for both the returns and betas of the portfolio. Determine the weighted average required rate of return and the weighted average beta for the portfolio.

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline & \begin{tabular}{c} Stock Return, \% \\ Intel (INTC) \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Stock Return, \% \\ Procter\& Gamble \end{tabular} & Market Return, \% \\ \hline 2/01/2017 & 1.7% & 4.8% & 7.5% \\ \hline 3/01/2017 & 0.4% & 1.3% & 0.3% \\ \hline 4/01/2017 & 0.2% & 2.8% & 1.9% \\ \hline 5/01/2017 & 0.1% & 1.6% & 2.7% \\ \hline 6/01/2017 & 5.9% & 1.1% & 1.2% \\ \hline 7/01/2017 & 5.1% & 4.2% & 3.9% \\ \hline 8/01/2017 & 1.1% & 2.4% & 0.5% \\ \hline 9/01/2017 & 9.4% & 1.4% & 3.8% \\ \hline 10/01/2017 & 19.5% & 5.1% & 4.4% \\ \hline 11/01/2017 & 1.4% & 5.0% & 5.7% \\ \hline 12/01/2017 & 3.6% & 2.1% & 2.4% \\ \hline 1/01/2018 & 4.3% & 6.0% & 10.2% \\ \hline 2/01/2018 & 2.4% & 8.4% & 6.6% \\ \hline 3/01/2018 & 6.4% & 1.0% & 4.3% \\ \hline 4/01/2018 & 0.9% & 8.8% & 0.8% \\ \hline 5/01/2018 & 6.9% & 2.1% & 4.5% \\ \hline 6/01/2018 & 9.4% & 6.7% & 1.3% \\ \hline 7/01/2018 & 3.2% & 3.6% & 6.5% \\ \hline 8/01/2018 & 0.7% & 3.5% & 5.8% \\ \hline 9/01/2018 & 1.8% & 0.3% & 1.3% \\ \hline 10/01/2018 & 0.9% & 6.5% & 14.9% \\ \hline 11/01/2018 & 5.2% & 7.5% & 3.9% \\ \hline 12/01/2018 & 4.2% & 2.7% & 18.1% \\ \hline 1/01/2019 & 0.4% & 4.9% & 14.1% \\ \hline 2/01/2019 & 9.1% & 4.5% & 5.5% \\ \hline \end{tabular}