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

question 45

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Suppose the market consists only of Merck (MRK) and Boeing (BA) .Merck stock is trading for $36.70 per share with 2.11 billion shares outstanding while Boeing has 697.5 million shares outstanding and a market capitalization of $38.223 billion.Assume that you hold the market portfolio.
-If you hold 1000 shares of Merck,then the number of shares of Boeing that you hold is closest to:

• A)240 shares.
• B)330 shares.
• C)510 shares.
• D)780 shares.

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Definitions:

Required Return

The smallest annual return percentage required to motivate persons or firms to allocate funds into a certain security or initiative.

Risk-Free Rate

The theoretical rate of return of an investment with zero risk, typically represented by government bonds.

Market Risk Premium

The additional profit that an investor predicts they will earn from a risky market portfolio as opposed to risk-free financial instruments.

Expected Return

The anticipated average return on an investment, taking into account all potential outcomes and their probabilities.