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A mutual fund manager expects her portfolio to earn a rate of return of 11 percent this year. The beta of her portfolio is .8. If the rate of return available on risk-free assets is 4 percent and you expect the rate of return on the market portfolio to be 14 percent, should you invest in this mutual fund? Show your work and explain why or why not.

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