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1. You hold the positions in the table below. What is the beta of your portfolio

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Question

1. You hold the positions in the table below.

What is the beta of your portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

If you expect the market to earn 10.00 percent and the risk-free rate is 6.00 percent, what is the required return of the portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Assumed
Price Shares Assumed
Beta   Advanced Micro Devices $ 32.00 495 3.75   FedEx Corp 219.00 80 1.31   Microsoft 22.00 128 1.34   Sara Lee Corp 19.00 219 0.58

Explanation / Answer

total market value = 495*32+219*80+22*128+19*219


=40337


=> portfolio beta = (495*32/40337)*(3.75)+(219*80/40337)*(1.31)+(22*128/40337)*(1.34)+(19*219/40337)*(0.58)


=2.1949


=2.19 (appx)


ans beta of portfolio =2.19


b) required return = risk free rate+beta*(market return-risk free rate)


=6%+2.1949*(10%-6%)


=14.7798%


=14.78%


ans: required retutn =14.78%