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You have $11,465 to invest in a stock portfolio. Your choices are Stock X with an expected return of 14.04 percent and Stock Y with an expected return of 9.86 percent. If your goal is to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11.15 percent, how much money (in $) will you invest in Stock X? Answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to four decimals.
Let the weight of Stock X in the Portfolio be "x". | |||||||||
So, the weight of Stock Y will be "1-x". | |||||||||
Now, Portfolio Return will be weighted average return of Stocks in the Portfolio. | |||||||||
So, | |||||||||
Portfolio Return | |||||||||
= Weight of Stock X * Return of Stock X + Weight of Stock Y * Return of Stock Y | |||||||||
11.15% = x * 14.04% + (1-x) * 9.86% | |||||||||
11.15% = x * 14.04% + 9.86% - x * 9.86% | |||||||||
11.15% = x * 4.18% + 9.86% | |||||||||
x*4.18% = 11.15% - 9.86% | |||||||||
x*4.18% = 1.29% | |||||||||
x = 1.29% / 4.18% | |||||||||
x = 0.308612 | |||||||||
x = 30.8612% | |||||||||
Weight of Stock X = x = 30.8612% | |||||||||
Investment in Stock X | |||||||||
= Total Invetsment * Weight of Stock X | |||||||||
= $11465 * 30.8612% | |||||||||
= $3538.24 |