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You are a portfolio manager of a $4 million fund consisting of the following stocks:
Invested Amount Beta Expected Return
Bee-Bio-Tech Ltd. $ 750,000 1.90 12.5%
Iowe Bank Ltd. 1,250,000 0.75 6.75%
Electric Auto Ltd. 2,000,000 1.20 9.00%
- Assure the risk-free rate is 3% and the market return is 8%
Question 1: What return should you expect from the portfolio, based on the individual stock's expected return?
Question 2: What return should you require from the portfolio, based on the individual stock's beta?
Question 3: You are considering another stock, Pacific Petroleum, which has a stock beta of 2.3. If Pacific Petroleum has an expected return of 14%, should you buy this stock? Why or why not?