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Charles is an analyst at a wealth management firm. One of his clients holds a $10,000 portfolio that consists of four stocks. The investment allocation in the portfolio along with the contribution of risk from each stock is given in the following table: Investment Allocation 35% Beta Standard Deviation 0.900 Stock Atteric Inc. (A) Arthur Trust Inc. (AT) Lobster Supply Corp. (LSC) Transfer Fuels Co. (TF) 0.2396 20% 1.400 1596 0.27% 0.30% 1.100 30% 0.400 0.34% Charles calculated the portfolio's beta as 0.880 and the portfolio's expected return as 10.72% Charles thinks it will be a good idea to reallocate the funds in his client's portfolio. He recommends replacing Atteric Inc.'s shares with the same amount in additional shares of Transfer Fuels Co. The risk-free rate is 5.00%, and the market risk premium is 6.50%. According to Charles's recommendation, assuming that the market is in equilibrium, the portfolio's required return will change by Analysts' estimates on expected returns from equity investments are based on several factors. These estimations also often include subjective and judgmental factors, because different analysts interpret data in different ways. Suppose, based on the earnings consensus of stock analysts, Charles expects a return of 9.64% from the portfolio with the new weights. Does he think that the revised portfolio, based on the changes he recommended, is undervalued, overvalued, or fairly valued? Overvalued Undervalued Fairly valued Suppose instead of replacing Atterie Inc.'s stock with Transfer Fuels Co.'s stock, Charles considers replacing Atterie Inc.'s stock with the equal dollar allocation to shares of Company's stock that has a higher beta than Atteric Inc. If everything else remains constant, the portfolio's beta would and the required return from the portfolio would

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