The volatility of the market portfolio is 10% and it has an expected return of 8%. the risk-free rate is 3%. a. compute the beta and expected return of each stock. b. using your answer from part a, calculate the expected return of the portfolio. c. what is the beta of the portfolio? d. using your answer from part c, calculate the expected return of the portfolio and verify that it matches your answer to part b.

Suppose portugal has 700 workers and 26,000 units of capital, and france has 18,000 workers and 700 units of capital. technology is identical in both countries. assume that wine is the capital-intensive good and cloth is the labor-intensive good. which of the following statements is correct if the nations start trading with each other? a) wages will increase in portugal.b) rental rates in france will increase.c) wages in france will decrease.d) rental rates in portugal will increase.