Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 17

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Your investment portfolio consists of $10,000 worth of Google stock.Suppose that the risk-free rate is 4%,Google stock has an expected return of 14% and a volatility of 35%,and the market portfolio has an expected return of 12% and a volatility of 18%.Assume that the CAPM assumptions hold.
-What alternative investment has the lowest possible volatility while having the same expected return as Google?

• A)-25% in the risk-free asset and +125% in the market portfolio
• B)-20% in the risk-free asset and +120% in the market portfolio
• C)0% in the risk-free asset and +100% in the market portfolio
• D)20% in the risk-free asset and +80% in the market portfolio

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Definitions:

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profits that is kept or retained and not paid out as dividends to shareholders, often used for reinvestment in the business or to pay down debt.

Equity Method

An accounting approach for recording investments in other entities, where the investment's value is adjusted based on the investor's share of the investee's profits or losses.

Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members, distributed from the company's profits.

Investment

The allocation of resources, usually financial, in expectation of a future return.