One Way to Express the Trade-Off Between Risk and Return

question 35

Multiple Choice

One way to express the trade-off between risk and return for an individual security is through:

• A)the security market line.
• B)the beta coefficient.
• C)the correlation coefficient.
• D)arbitrage pricing theory.

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