Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 29

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 a security with a beta of 1.2 is closest to:

• A)4.8%.
• B)8.0%.
• C)8.8%.
• D)9.6%.

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin Ratio

A financial metric that represents the contribution margin as a percentage of total sales, assessing the profitability and efficiency of production.

Operating Income

Income generated from normal business operations, excluding expenses such as taxes and interest payments.

Margin of Safety Percentage

A financial metric indicating the difference between actual sales and break-even sales, expressed as a percentage of actual sales.

Break-even Point

The point at which total costs equal total revenue, meaning there is no profit and no loss.