Suppose all stocks in Ariel’s portfolio were equally weighted. Which of these stocks would contribute the least market risk to the portfolio? Mainway Toys Co.   Western Gas & Electric Co.   Kulatsu Motors Co.   Perpetualcold Refrigeration Co.     Suppose all stocks in the portfolio were equally weighted. Which of these stocks would have the least amount of stand-alone risk? Perpetualcold Refrigeration Co.   Western Gas & Electric Co.   Kulatsu Motors Co.   Mainway Toys Co.     If the risk-free rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 5.5%, what is Ariel’s portfolio’s beta and required return?

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Ariel holds a $7,500 portfolio that consists of four stocks. Her investment in each stock, as well as each stock’s beta, is listed in the following table:
Stock
Investment
Beta
Standard Deviation
Perpetualcold Refrigeration Co. (PRC) $2,625 0.80 15.00%
Kulatsu Motors Co. (KMC) $1,500 1.90 11.50%
Western Gas & Electric Co. (WGC) $1,125 1.15 16.00%
Mainway Toys Co. (MTC) $2,250 0.50 28.50%
 
Suppose all stocks in Ariel’s portfolio were equally weighted. Which of these stocks would contribute the least market risk to the portfolio?
Mainway Toys Co.
 
Western Gas & Electric Co.
 
Kulatsu Motors Co.
 
Perpetualcold Refrigeration Co.
 
 
Suppose all stocks in the portfolio were equally weighted. Which of these stocks would have the least amount of stand-alone risk?
Perpetualcold Refrigeration Co.
 
Western Gas & Electric Co.
 
Kulatsu Motors Co.
 
Mainway Toys Co.
 
 
If the risk-free rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 5.5%, what is Ariel’s portfolio’s beta and required return? Fill in the following table:
 
Beta
Required Return
Ariel’s portfolio          

Beta: 0.9825, 0.8351, 1.4738, 0.6583

Required Return: 9.40%, 557.00%, 733.20%,1,343.00%

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