Question

You invested $30,000 in BOA, $20,000 in Best Buy, and $50,000 in Harley-Davidson for your portfolio. Betas are 1.8, 1.05 and 1.5 respectively. What is your portfolio beta?

Answer 1

Answer:

Beta= 1.5

Explanation:

First, we need to calculate the proportional investment of each asset:

Total investment= $100,000

BOA= 30,000/100,000= 0.3

Best Buy= 20,000/100,000= 0.2

Harley-Davidson= 50,000/100,000= 0.5

To calculate the beta of the portfolio, we need to use the following formula:

Beta= (proportion of investment A*beta A) + (proportion of investment B*beta B)...

Beta= (0.3*1.8) + (0.2*1.05) + (0.5*1.5)

Beta= 1.5