You work in Madison, Wisconsin. It is January and the area has been hit with bad weather. Another weather front is expected to arrive this afternoon and dump another foot of snow. Your branch manager decides to close the office early today. He asks you to send an e-mail to all the staff informing them of his decision. Which would be the best first sentence of your e-mail

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.