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Stock J has a beta of 1.5 and an expected return of 15%, while Stock K has a beta of .75 and an expected return of 9%. You want a portfolio with the same risk as the market. What is the expected return of your portfolio?
Group of answer choices
10 percent
11 percent
12 percent
13 percent
14 percent
Beta of market=1
Hence required portfolio beta=1
Let investment in J=x
Hence investment in K=(1-x)
Portfolio beta=Respective beta*Respective weight
1=x*1.5+(1-x)*0.75
1=1.5x+0.75-0.75x
x=(1-0.75)/(1.5-0.75)
=0.3333(Approx)=investment in J
investment in K=(1-0.3333)
=0.6667(Approx)
Portfolio return=Respective return*Respective weight
=(0.3333*15)+(0.6667*9)
=11%