A portfolio has an expected return of 10.6 percent. This portfolio contains two stocks and one risk-free

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A portfolio has an expected return of 10.6 percent. This portfolio contains two stocks and one risk-free security. The expected return on stock X is 8.6 percent and on stock Y it is 23 percent. The risk-free rate is 4.4 percent. The portfolio value is $80,000 of which $25,000 is the risk-free security. How much is invested in stock X?
a. $0 b. $7,281.18 c. $27,411.16 d. $36,597.22 e. $40,009.13

Stocks
Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...
Expected Return
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
Portfolio
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Fundamentals of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-0324302691

11th edition

Authors: Eugene F. Brigham, ‎ Joel F. Houston

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