R = .07 + (.15 - .07)1.4 = 18.2% 23. At present, the riskless rate of return is 5 percent and the expected rate of return on the market portfolio is 11 percent. The expected return for a common stock is 20 percent and the stock's beta is 1.2. This particular common stock is:
R = .05 + (.11 - .05)1.2 = 12.2% < 20% 24. A portfolio manager has decided to invest a total of $2 million on US and Japanese portfolios. The expected returns are 12 percent on the US portfolio and 20 percent on the Japanese portfolio. What is the expected return of an international portfolio with 40 percent invested in the US portfolio and 60 percent invested in the Japanese portfolio?
