Whether each stock is overpriced or underpriced

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Currently the risk-free rate equals 5% and the expected return on the market portfolio equals 11%. An investment analyst provides you with the following information:

Stock	Beta	Expected Return
A	1.33	12%
B	0.7	10%
C	1.5	14%
D	0.66	9%

a. Indicate whether each stock is overpriced, underpriced, or correctly priced.

b. For each stock, subtract the risk-free rate from the stock's expected return and divide the result by the stock's beta. For example, for asset A this calculation is (12% - 5%) ÷ 1.33. Provide an interpretation for these ratios. Which stock has the highest ratio and which has the lowest?

c. Show how a smart investor could construct a portfolio of stocks C and D that would outperform stock A.

d. Construct a portfolio consisting of some combination of the market portfolio and the risk-free asset such that the portfolio's expected return equals 9%. What is the beta of this portfolio? What does this say about stock D?

e. Divide the risk premium on stock C by the risk premium on stock D. Next, divide the beta of stock C by the beta of stock D. Comment on what you find.

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