Ariel holds a $5,000 portfolio that consists of four stocks. Her investment in each stock, as well as each stockâs beta, is listed in the following table:
Stock Investment Beta Standard Deviation
Andalusian Limited (AL) $1,750 0.90 18.00%
Tobotics Inc. (TI) $1,000 1.30 11.00%
Water and Power Co. (WPC) $750 1.10 18.00%
Flitcom Corp. (FC) $1,500 0.60 19.50%
Required:
1. Suppose all stocks in Arielâs portfolio were equally weighted. Which of these stocks would contribute the least market risk to the portfolio?
O Water and Power Co.
O Flitcom Corp.
O Tobotics Inc.
O Andalusian Limited
2. Suppose all stocks in the portfolio were equally weighted. Which of these stocks would have the least amount of stand-alone risk?
O Flitcom Corp.
O Andalusian Limited
O Water and Power Co.
O Tobotics Inc.

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