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Correlation and Beta You have been provided the following data about the securities of thr...

Correlation and Beta You have been provided the following data about the securities of three firms, the market portfolio, and the risk-free asset:

Security

Expected Return

Standard Deviation

Correlation*

Beta

Firm A

.10

.27

(i)

.85

Firm B

.14

(ii)

.50

1.50

Firm C

.17

.70

.35

(iii)

The market portfolio

.12

.20

(iv)

(v)

The risk-free asset

.05

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

*With the market portfolio.

a. Fill in the missing values in the table.


b.Is the stock of Firm A correctly priced according to the capital asset pricing model (CAPM)? What about the stock of Firm B? Firm C? If these securities are not correctly priced, what is your investment recommendation for someone with a well-diversified portfolio?

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