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Consider the following information on three stocks:
| 
 State of Economy  | 
 Probability of State of Economy  | 
 Rate of Return if State Occurs  | 
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| 
 Stock A  | 
 Stock B  | 
 Stock C  | 
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| 
 Boom  | 
 .25  | 
 .27  | 
 .15  | 
 .11  | 
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 Normal  | 
 .65  | 
 .14  | 
 .11  | 
 .09  | 
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| 
 Bust  | 
 .10  | 
 −.19  | 
 −.04  | 
 .05  | 
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A portfolio is invested 45 percent each in Stock A and Stock B and 10 percent in Stock C. What is the expected risk premium on the portfolio if the expected T-bill rate is 4.1 percent?
| A. | 
 8.71 percent  | 
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| B. | 
 7.81 percent  | 
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| C. | 
 12.74 percent  | 
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| D. | 
 11.47 percent  |