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Sinclair Fund has invested in securities of five corporations. The market value of each of the investments and the beta of the corporations is as follows:
Stock Investment Beta
1 $6 million 0.50
2 $5 million 0.80
3 $4 million 1.00
4 $3 million 1.40
5 $2 million 2.00
The risk free rate is 7 percent and the return on the market portfolio is 12 percent
a)What is the portfolio’s beta coefficient?
b)What is the fund’s required rate of return?
STOCK | Investment | Beta | INVESTMENT* BETA | ||
1 | 60,00,000 | 0.50 | 30,00,000 | ||
2 | 50,00,000 | 0.80 | 40,00,000 | ||
3 | 40,00,000 | 1.00 | 40,00,000 | ||
4 | 30,00,000 | 1.40 | 42,00,000 | ||
5 | 20,00,000 | 2.00 | 40,00,000 | ||
2,00,00,000 | 1,92,00,000 | ||||
A) | BETA = | (INVESTMENT * BETA) / INVESTMENT | |||
19200000 / 20000000 | |||||
0.96 | |||||
B) | REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN = | Risk Free Rate + Market Risk Premium * Beta | |||
7% + (12 % - 7%)*0.96 | |||||
11.80% |