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Assume that you hold a well-diversified portfolio that has an expected return of 12.0% and a beta of 1.20. You are in the process of buying 100 shares of Alpha Corp at $10 a share and adding it to your portfolio. Alpha 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 Alpha stock? Assume that you hold a well-diversified portfolio that has an expected return of 12.0% and a beta of 1.20. You are in the process of buying 100 shares of Alpha Corp at $10 a share and adding it to your portfolio. Alpha 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 Alpha stock?


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