Assume you are considering adding a third stock (Stock C) to your current portfolio. Stock A has a beta of 1.5. Stock B

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Assume you are considering adding a third stock (Stock C) to your current portfolio. Stock A has a beta of 1.5. Stock B

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Assume you are considering adding a third stock (Stock C) to
your current portfolio. Stock A has a beta of 1.5. Stock B has a
beta of .8. Information needed to calculate the beta for the third
stock you are adding (Stock C) is below. You will make stock C 20%
of your overall portfolio; the remainder is evenly split between
stocks A and B. Expected return on the market portfolio: 12%
T-bills: 3% Expected rate of return on Stock C: 21% What is the
expected portfolio Beta for this three-stock portfolio?
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