You decide to form a portfolio of the following amounts invested in the following stocks. What is the beta of the portfolio? SET YOUR CALCULATOR TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES THEN INPUT THE ANSWER ROUNDING TO 2 DECIMALS i.e. if your answer is 1.2455, enter it as 1.25. Stock Apple Microsoft Ford Time Warner Amount Beta Expected Return $9,370 0.69 10.50% $5,598 1.6 16.90% $4,261 1.1 15.75% $4,668 2.39 11.80%

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You decide to form a portfolio of the following amounts invested in the following stocks.
What is the beta of the portfolio?
SET YOUR CALCULATOR TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES THEN INPUT THE ANSWER
ROUNDING TO 2 DECIMALS i.e. if your answer is 1.2455, enter it as 1.25.
Amount Beta Expected Return
$9,370 0.69
10.50%
Microsoft $5,598 1.6
16.90%
$4,261 1.1
15.75%
$4,668 2.39 11.80%
Stock
Apple
Ford
Time
Warner
Transcribed Image Text:You decide to form a portfolio of the following amounts invested in the following stocks. What is the beta of the portfolio? SET YOUR CALCULATOR TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES THEN INPUT THE ANSWER ROUNDING TO 2 DECIMALS i.e. if your answer is 1.2455, enter it as 1.25. Amount Beta Expected Return $9,370 0.69 10.50% Microsoft $5,598 1.6 16.90% $4,261 1.1 15.75% $4,668 2.39 11.80% Stock Apple Ford Time Warner
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