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question 45

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Assume that the economy has three types of people.20% are fad followers,75% are passive investors,and 5% are informed traders.The portfolio consisting of all informed traders has a beta of 1.4 and an expected return of 16%.The market has an expected return of 10% and the risk-free rate is 4%.
-The expected return for the fad follower's portfolio is closest to:

• A)11.5%.
• B)12.4%.
• C)13.6%.
• D)16.0%.

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Definitions:

Mean

The central or typical value in a distribution, calculated as the sum of all observations divided by the number of observations.

Confidence Interval

A swath of values, taken from statistical analyses of a sample, anticipated to hold within it the value of a not-yet-known population trait.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically the mean.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.