Suppose you are the money manager of an Rs.8 million investment fund. The fund consists of 4 stocks with the following investments and betas:       Stock Investment Beta A Rs.800,000 1.2 B 1200,000 (0..3) C 2,000,000 1.0 D 4,000,000 0.6   If the market required rate of return is 13.5 percent and the risk-free rate is 5.5 percent, what is the fund's required rate of return?

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Suppose you are the money manager of an Rs.8 million investment fund. The fund consists of 4 stocks with the following investments and betas:      

Stock

Investment

Beta

A

Rs.800,000

1.2

B

1200,000

(0..3)

C

2,000,000

1.0

D

4,000,000

0.6

 

  1. If the market required rate of return is 13.5 percent and the risk-free rate is 5.5 percent, what is the fund's required rate of return?

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