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Alex is an analyst at a wealth management firm. One of his clients holds a $7,500 portfolio that consists of four stocks. The investment allocation in the portfolio along with the contribution of risk from each stock is given in the following table: Investment Allocation Beta 0.750 35% Stock Atteric Inc. Arthur Inc. Li Corp. Transfer Fuels Co. Standard Deviation 0.53% 0.57% 20% 1.400 15% 1.100 0.60% 30% 0.400 0.64% Alex calculated the portfolio's beta as 0.828 and the portfolio's expected return as 12.21%. Alex thinks it will be a good idea to reallocate the funds in his client's portfolio. He recommends replacing Atteric Inc.'s shares with the same amount in additional shares of Transfer Fuels Co. The risk-free rate is 6.00%, and the market risk premium is 7.50%. According to Alex's recommendation, assuming that the market is in equilibrium, how much will the portfolio's required return change? 1.06% 0.72% 0.92% 1.14% Analysts' estimates on expected returns from equity investments are based on several factors. These estimations also often include subjective and judgmental factors, because different analysts interpret data in different ways. Suppose, based on the earnings consensus of stock analysts, Alex expects a return of 11.31% from the portfolio with the new weights. Does he think that the revised portfolio, based on the changes he recommended, is undervalued, overvalued, or fairly valued? Fairly valued Undervalued Overvalued Suppose instead of replacing Atteric Inc.'s stock with Transfer Fuels Co.'s stock, Alex considers replacing Atteric Inc.'s stock with the equal dollar allocation to shares of Company X's stock that has a higher beta than Atteric Inc.. If everything else remains constant, the portfolio's beta would