Tom Noel holds the following portfolio: Tom plans to sell Stock A and replace it with Stock

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Tom Noel holds the following portfolio:
align="center">Stock Investment $150,000 $50,000 $100,000 $75,000 $375,000 Beta 1.40 0.80 1.00 1.20 Total

Tom plans to sell Stock A and replace it with Stock E, which has beta of 0.80. By how much will the portfolio beta change? Do not round your intermediate calculation:
a. -0.290
b. -0.240
c. -0.230
d. -0.271
e. -0.194

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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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Essentials of Business Analytics

ISBN: 978-1285187273

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Authors: Jeffrey Camm, James Cochran, Michael Fry, Jeffrey Ohlmann, David Anderson, Dennis Sweeney, Thomas Williams

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