On your first day as a intern at Tri-Star Management Incorporated the CEO asks you to...

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On your first day as a intern at Tri-Star Management Incorporated the CEO asks you to analyze the following information pertaining to two common stock investments, Tech.com Incorporated and Sam's Grocery Corporation. You are told that a one-year Treasury Bill will have a rate of return of 5% over the next year. Also, information from an investment advising service lists the current beta for Tech.com as 1.68 and for Sam's Grocery as .52. You are provided a series of questions to guide your analysis. Estimated Rate of Return Economy Probability Tech.com Sam's Grocery. S&P 500 Recession 30%. -20%. 5%. -4% Average 20%. 15% 6% 11% Expansion. 35%. 30%. 8% 17% Boom. 15% 50%. 10%. 27% Required: Which of these two-stock portfolios would be preferred? Explain? On your first day as a intern at Tri-Star Management Incorporated the CEO asks you to analyze the following information pertaining to two common stock investments, Tech.com Incorporated and Sam's Grocery Corporation. You are told that a one-year Treasury Bill will have a rate of return of 5% over the next year. Also, information from an investment advising service lists the current beta for Tech.com as 1.68 and for Sam's Grocery as .52. You are provided a series of questions to guide your analysis. Estimated Rate of Return Economy Probability Tech.com Sam's Grocery. S&P 500 Recession 30%. -20%. 5%. -4% Average 20%. 15% 6% 11% Expansion. 35%. 30%. 8% 17% Boom. 15% 50%. 10%. 27% Required: Which of these two-stock portfolios would be preferred? Explain?

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