You have $122,000 to invest in a portfolio containing Stock X and Stock Y. Your goal is tocreate a portfolio that has an expected return of 17.6 percent. Stock X has an expectedreturn of 14.0 percent and a beta of 1.26, and Stock Y has an expected return of 9.5percent and a beta of 1.00.a. How much money will you invest in Stock Y? (A negative answer should be indicatedby a minus sign. Do not round Intermediate calculations and round your answer tothe nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)b. What is the beta of your portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations andround your answer to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.)a.Investment in Stock Yb. Beta of the portfolio

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