Question

You own a portfolio consisting of the following​ stocks:

Answer 1

Answer:

expected return is 15.8%

portfolio beta is 94.5%

Explanation:

a. EXPECTED RETURN: to calculate the the expected return of, we simply multiply each of the stock percentage by its expected return and then sum it up. thus we have

0.2×0.16 + 0.3×0.14 + 0.15×0.2 + 0.25×0.12 + 0.1×0.24= 0.158

Multiply the result by 100% yields 15.8%

B. PORTFOLIO BETA: to calculate the portfolio beta, we simply multiply the weighted average of the stock percentage by the portfolio beta. thus we have;

0.2×1 + 0.3×0.85 + 0.15×1.2 + 0.25×0.6 + 0.1×1.6= 0.945

multiply the result by 100% yields 94.5%