Question

Consider the following stock price and shares outstanding data: Stock Name Price per Share Shares Outstanding (Billion) Lowes $28.80 1.53 Wal-Mart $47.90 4.17 Intel $19.60 5.77 Boeing $75.00 0.79 If you are interested in creatinga value-weighted portfolio of these four stocks, then the percentage amount that you would invest in Lowes is closest to: A) 25% B) 11% C) 20.0% D) 12% E) 8%

Answer 1

B) 11%

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to determine the total amount to invest in all the stocks in the first place as computed below:

Lowes= $28.80*1.53=$44.06

Wal-Mart=$47.90*4.17=$199.74

Intel=$19.60*5.77 =$113.09

Boeing=$75.00*0.79=$59.25

Total amount invested in the portfolio=$44.06+$199.74+$113.09+$59.25

Total amount invested in the portfolio=$416.14

Lowes' portion of the portfolio=amount invested in Lowes/total portfolio amount

Lowes' portion of the portfolio=$44.06/$416.14

Lowes' portion of the portfolio=11%