Money tree investment fund

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Please consider each of the following parts independently.

Part 1

The Money Tree Investment Fund has a total investment of $450 million in five stocks:

Stock               Investment ($ Millions)                            Beta

   1                                      130                                     0.4x     

   2                                      110                                     1.5x     

   3                                       70                                     3.0x     

   4                                       90                                     2.0x     

   5                                       50                                     1.0x

Required:

a) What is the fund's overall Beta?

b) If the required return on the portfolio is 20.76% and the return on the market is 18%, what must be the risk-free rate?

Part 2

The Money Tree Investment Fund is considering adding a new $30 million investment, White Inc. shares, to the list in Part 1.  White Inc. has just paid a dividend, D0, of $1.50 per share, with an expected constant growth rate of 2%.  Currently the market price is $88.00 per share.  The firm's stock is twice as volatile as the market.  The average market return is 8% and the yield on government securities is 3%.  What is your recommendation?  (Show supporting calculations.)

Question # B-4

Part 3

A portfolio contains two assets. The first asset comprises 40 percent of the portfolio and has a standard deviation of 0.1, and the other asset has a standard deviation of 0.5. 

If the correlation coefficient between the two assets is 0.2, what is the portfolio's standard deviation?

What recommendation would you give a risk averse investor if the expected return on the portfolio is 12%?  (Explain your answer.)

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