Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 11QP
Calculating Portfolio Betas [LO4] You own a stock portfolio invested 20 percent in Stock Q, 30 percent in Stock R, 35 percent in Stock S, and 15 percent in Stock T. The betas for these four stocks are .84, 1.17, 1.08, and 1.36, respectively. What is the portfolio beta?
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Stock Y
$5,000
1.0
Stock Z
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.5
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A.
1.00
B.
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D.
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An individual has $45,000 invested in a stock with a beta of 0.5 and another $30,000 invested in a stock with a beta of 2.2. If these are the only
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Problem 3. Consider the following information about Stocks A, B and C:
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A
$100,000
0.35
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B
$150,000
1.20
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1.40
How much would you have to invest in Stock C to create a portfolio that has as much systematic risk as the market portfolio?
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