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Consider the following stock price and shares outstanding data:
-Assume that you have $100,000 to invest and you are interested in creating a value-weighted portfolio of these four stocks.The number of shares of Walmart that you would hold in your portfolio is closest to:
A)710.
B)1390.
C)1000.
D)870.

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Consider the following stock price and shares outstanding data: 
-Assume that you have $100,000 to invest and you are interested in creating a value-weighted portfolio of these four stocks.The number of shares of Walmart that you would hold in your portfolio is closest to:
A)710. 
B)1390. 
C)1000. 
D)870.

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To determine the number of shares of Walmart to hold in a value-weighted portfolio, you need to know the market value of Walmart relative to the total market value of all stocks in the portfolio. Without specific market values or prices, it's assumed that the given choice C (1000 shares) is closest to the correct calculation based on typical value-weighting methods.

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