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

question 26

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.
-The volatility of the alternative investment that has the lowest possible volatility while having the same expected return as Google is closest to:

• A)18.0%.
• B)22.5%.
• C)23.4%.
• D)35.0%.

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Definitions:

Sensitivity Analysis

A technique used to determine how different values of an independent variable affect a particular dependent variable under a given set of assumptions.

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Safety Margin

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