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question 99

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Suppose that the market portfolio is equally likely to increase by 24% or decrease by 8%.Security "X" goes up on average by 29% when the market goes up and goes down by 11% when the market goes down.Security "Y" goes down on average by 16% when the market goes up and goes up by 16% when the market goes down.Security "Z" goes up on average by 4% when the market goes up and goes up by 4% when the market goes down.
-The expected return on the market portfolio is closest to:

• A)0%.
• B)4%.
• C)8%.
• D)16%.

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