8. The Capital Asset Pricing Model and the security
market line
Wilson holds a portfolio that invests equally in three stocks
(wAwA = wBwB = wCwC = 1/3). Each stock is described in the
following table:
Stock
Beta
Standard Deviation
Expected Return
A
0.5
23%
7.5%
B
1.0
38%
12.0%
C
2.0
45%
14.0%
An analyst has used market- and firm-specific information to
generate expected return estimates for each stock. The analyst’s
expected return estimates may or may not equal...