Hasbro is one of the world’s leading toy manufacturers and maker of such popular board games as Monopoly, Scrabble, and Clue, among others. Listed here are selected aggregate transactions from a recent year (dollars in millions).

a. Recorded sales on account of $795.2 and related cost of goods sold of $337.5.
b. Issued debt with a principal amount of $427.0.
c. Incurred research and development expense of $61.5, which was paid in cash.

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Kumar consulting operates several stock investment portfolios that are used by firms for investment of pension plan assets. last year, one portfolio had a realized return of 12.6 percent and a beta coefficient of 1.15. the average t-bond rate was 7 percent and the realized rate of return on the s& p 500 was 12 percent. what was the portfolio's alpha?