QUESTION 7 An investor wishes to construct a portfolio consisting of a 70 percent allocation to a stock index and a 30 percent allocation to a risk-free asset. The return on the risk-free asset is 4.5...

An investor wishes to construct a portfolio consisting of a 70 percent allocation to a stock index and a 30 percent allocation to a risk-free asset. The return on the risk-free asset is 4.5 percent, and the expected return on the stock index is 12 percent. Calculate the expected return on the portfolio.