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Portfolio beta is used to measure the portfolio’s overall systematic risk of an investment which equals the weighted average of all individual stock’s beta coefficient in a portfolio.
The amount of $200,000 invested in six stocks and its portfolio’s beta coefficient is equal to 1.5. The value of the stock which is to be sold is $40,000. After sale the portfolio beta is 1.3.
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