You have been hired as a consultant for a Saudi Arabian hospital to assess the risk for securities. You expect your mutual fund portfolio A to earn a rate of 11% this year. The beta of the portfolio is 0.8

1. If the rate of return on risk-free assets is 4% and you think the rate of return on the A portfolio will be 14%, then what expected rate of return would you have to have before deciding whether to invest more in the mutual fund?
2. Is this mutual fund attractive?
3. If the T-bill rate is 4% and the expected return for the market is 12%, then using the CAPM compute the following:
   • A) What is the risk premium on the market?
   • B) What would the required return be on an investment that has a beta of 1.5?
   • C) If a mutual fund B with a beta of .8 offers an expected rate of return of 9.8% is the NPV positive?
   • D) If the market expects to return 11.2% from Mutual Fund X, what is its beta?
4. How could you mix an equity mutual fund with a riskfree position in Treasury bills or Certificates of Deposit to increase the expected rate of return on the portfolio but keep the risk level the same or even reduce the risk?
5. As part of your assessment in this assignment, explain why a mutual fund needs to provide an expected rate of return that exceeds the security market line that is predicted in order for investors to find the fund attractive.

Your final submission will be 1500 words in length