You Want to Create a $65,000 Portfolio Comprised of Two

question 99

Multiple Choice

You want to create a $65,000 portfolio comprised of two stocks plus a risk-free security. Stock A has an expected return of 14.2 percent and stock B has an expected return of 17.8 percent. You want to own $20,000 of stockB. The risk-free rate is 4.8 percent and the expected return on the market is 13.1 percent. If you want the portfolio to have an expected return equal to that of the market, how much should you invest in the risk-free security?

• A) $11,921
• B) $13,509
• C) $15,265
• D) $17,314
• E) $18,775

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Definitions:

MC

Short for Marginal Cost, it refers to the increase in cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a good or service.

ATC

Average Total Cost (ATC) refers to the total cost per unit of output, calculated by dividing the total cost of production by the quantity of output produced.

MR

Marginal Revenue is the additional income generated from selling one more unit of a good or service.

Identical Product

Goods or services that are exactly the same in quality, size, and specifications, making them indistinguishable from one another to consumers.