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1. You own a stock portfolio invested 15 percent in Stock Q, 20 percent in Stock R, 35 percent in Stock S, and 30 percent in Stock T. The betas for these four stocks are 1.1, 0.8, 1.2, and 0.9, respectively. What is the portfolio beta? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

2. You own a portfolio equally invested in a risk-free asset and two stocks. If one of the stocks has a beta of 1.95, and the total portfolio is exactly as risky as the market, what must the beta be for the other stock in your portfolio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Beta

3. A share of stock sells for $38 today. The beta of the stock is 1, and the expected return on the market is 17 percent. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1.10 in one year. If the risk-free rate is 3.7 percent, what should the share price be in one year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Share price

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4. A stock has a beta of 0.7 and an expected return of 9 percent. A risk-free asset currently earns 4 percent.

a.

What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally invested in the two assets? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Expected return

%

b.

If a portfolio of the two assets has a beta of 0.6, what are the portfolio weights?(Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Weight

xS

%

xrf

%

c.

If a portfolio of the two assets has an expected return of 8 percent, what is its beta? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Beta

d.

If a portfolio of the two assets has a beta of 2.80, what are the portfolio weights? (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Weight

xS

%

xrf

%

5. Asset W has an expected return of 8 percent and a beta of 2. If the risk-free rate is 5.5 percent, what is the market risk premium? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Market risk premium

%

6. Stock Y has a beta of 1.5 and an expected return of 12 percent. Stock Z has a beta of 0.8 and an expected return of 8 percent. What would the risk-free rate have to be for the two stocks to be correctly priced relative to each other? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Risk-free rate

%

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