Portfolio Changes

$29.$ In April $2021$ an investor invested $$10,000$ in each of the $4$ stocks below. Three years later, the investor has decided to sell $2$ stocks to generate cash for another investment. Fill in the missing information for Microsoft that you calculated in the previous questions. $(4$ points$)$

Table $1.$ Comparison of Value, Risk and Return, April $2024.$

The investor will keep one stock in each of the pairs shown below. Using the information shown above, which stocks would you advise this investor to keep? Why?

Be sure to discuss risk and return. You should consider beta, required rate of return, DY$,$ annual rate of return, and $3-$year average rate of return. Record your answers below.

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