1. What are the two primary lessons learned from capital market history? Use historical information to justify that these lessons are correct.
2. You want your portfolio beta to be 0.90. Currently, your portfolio consists of $4,000 invested in stock A with a beta of 1.47 and $3,000 in stock B with a beta of 0.54. You have another $9,000 to invest and want to divide it between an asset with a beta of 1.74 and a risk-free asset. How much should you invest in the risk-free asset?