Stock a Has a Beta of 0

question 36

Multiple Choice

Stock A has a beta of 0.8 and Stock B has a beta of 1.2. 50% of Portfolio P is invested in Stock A and 50% is invested in Stock B. If the market risk premium (rM -rRF) were to increase but the risk-free rate (rRF) remained constant, which of the following would occur?

• A) the required return would decrease by the same amount for both stock a and stock b.
• B) the required return would increase for stock a but decrease for stock b.
• C) the required return on portfolio p would remain unchanged.
• D) the required return would increase for stock b but decrease for stock a.
• E) the required return would increase for both stocks but the increase would be greater for stock b than for stock a.

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