Solutions to Chapter 1

d. The portfolio will have the same beta as Ford (2.46). The total risk of the portfolio will be (2.46 times the total risk of the market portfolio) because the effect of firm-specific risk will be diversified away. Therefore, the standard deviation of the portfolio is: 2.46 ( 20% = 49.2% ................
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