You Would Like to Combine a Risky Stock with a Beta

question 39

Multiple Choice

You would like to combine a risky stock with a beta of 1.8 with U.S. Treasury bills in such a way that the risk level of the portfolio is equivalent to the risk level of the overall market. What percentage of the portfolio should be invested in Treasury bills?

• A) 25%
• B) 44%
• C) 50%
• D) 62%
• E) 78%

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Understand the impact of light on the human biological clock.

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