Mother's Holds Well-Diversified Portfolio Has an Expected Return of 12

question 1

Multiple Choice

mother's holds well-diversified portfolio has an expected return of 12.0% and a beta of 1.20 She is in the process of buying 100 shares of Safety Corpat $10 a share and adding it to her portfolio Safety has an expected return of 15.0% and a beta of 2.00 The total value of your current portfolio is $9,000 What will the expected return and beta on the portfolio be after the purchase of the Safety stock? rp bp

• A) 11.69%; 1.22
• B) 12.30%; 1.28
• C) 12.92%; 1.34
• D) 13.56%; 1.41
• E) 14.24%; 1.48

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Definitions:

John Watson

An American psychologist, regarded as one of the founders of behaviorism, emphasizing the importance of observable behavior over internal phenomena like thoughts and feelings.

Learned Helplessness

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Random Rewards

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Mischel

Mischel is likely a reference to Walter Mischel, a psychologist known for his work on personality theory and cognitive and social processes related to self-control.