-Given the Prices for a and B at the Start

question 21

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Asset } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Price at } \\\text { start of } \\\text { period (\$) }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Price at } \\\text { end of } \\\text { period (\$) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { A } & \$ 3.25 & \$ 4.25 \\\hline \text { B } & \$ 4.12 & \$ 3.85 \\\hline & & \\\hline\end{array}$
-Given the prices for A and B at the start and end of the period,if an investor holds 1000 shares in asset A and 5000 in asset B,what is her value-weighted return on the portfolio?

• A)\(-3.12 \%\)
• B)\(-2.23\%\)
• C)\(-1.12 \%\)
• D)\(-2.56 \%\)

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Material Cost

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