You have $122,000 to invest in a portfolio containing Stock X and Stock Y. Your goal is to create a portfolio that has an expected return of 17.6 percent. Stock X has an expected return of 14.0 percent and a beta of 1.26, and Stock Y has an expected return of 9.5 percent and a beta of 1.00.   a. How much money will you invest in Stock Y? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) b. What is the beta of your portfolio?

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You have $122,000 to invest in a portfolio containing Stock X and Stock Y. Your goal is to create a portfolio that has an expected return of 17.6 percent. Stock X has an expected return of 14.0 percent and a beta of 1.26, and Stock Y has an expected return of 9.5 percent and a beta of 1.00.
 
a. How much money will you invest in Stock Y? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)
b. What is the beta of your portfolio?
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