You want to create a $75,000 portfolio comprised of two stocks plus a risk-free security. Stock A

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You want to create a $75,000 portfolio comprised of two stocks plus a risk-free security. Stock A has an expected return of 13.6 percent and stock B has an expected return of 11.4 percent. You want to own $30,000 of stock B. The risk-free rate is 4 percent and the expected return on the market is 10 percent. If you want the portfolio to have an expected return equal to that of the market, how much should you invest in the risk-free security? 
a. $21,250 b. $23,750 c. $25,000 d. $27,750 e. $29,250

Stocks
Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...
Expected Return
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
Portfolio
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Essentials Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780073405131

6th Edition

Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan

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