Question - You are a manger of the Lowell Fund and manage a portfolio of $21 million. Your portfolio has a beta of 1.2 and required return of 12 percent. You receive $4 million additional to invest in the portfolio, and you invest it in a stock with a beta of 1.6. The risk-free rate is 5 percent. What is the required return on the new portfolio? (Hint: Calculate weighted average beta after new capital investment.)
A. 9.42%
B. 12.37%
C. 3.81%
D. 5.80%
E. 10.78%
F. 1.26%