Stock a Has an Expected Return of 10% and a Standard

question 81

Multiple Choice

Stock A has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 20%.Stock B has an expected return of 13% and a standard deviation of 30%.The risk-free rate is 5% and the market risk premium,r_M - r_RF,is 6%.Assume that the market is in equilibrium.Portfolio AB has 50% invested in Stock A and 50% invested in Stock B.The returns of Stock A and Stock B are independent of one another,i.e. ,the correlation coefficient between them is zero.Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) Stock A's beta is 0.8333.
• B) Since the two stocks have zero correlation,Portfolio AB is riskless.
• C) Stock B's beta is 1.0000.
• D) Portfolio AB's required return is 11%.
• E) Portfolio AB's standard deviation is 25%.

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