You Hold the Positions in the Following Table A) 1421 Percent
B) 16

question 16

Multiple Choice

You hold the positions in the following table. What is the beta of your portfolio? If you expect the market to earn 12 percent and the risk-free rate is 3.5 percent, what is the required return of the portfolio?
$$\begin{array} { l r r r r } & \text { Price } & \text { Shares } & \text { Beta } \\\text { Advarsed Micro Devices } & \$ 40 & 100 & 3.8 \\\text { FedEx Corp. } & \$ 30 & 100 & 1.2 \\\text { Microsoft } & \$ 50 & 100 & 0.4 \\\text { Sara Lee Corp. } & \$ 20 & 100 & 0.5\end{array}$$

• A) 14.21 percent
• B) 16.76 percent
• C) 13.97 percent
• D) 15.38 percent

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