Assume That Stock Market Returns Do Follow a Single-Index Structure

question 14

Multiple Choice

Assume that stock market returns do follow a single-index structure. An investment fund analyzes 200 stocks in order to construct a mean-variance efficient portfolio constrained by 200 investments. They will need to calculate ________ estimates of expected returns and ________ estimates of sensitivity coefficients to the macroeconomic factor.

• A) 200; 19,900
• B) 200; 200
• C) 19,900; 200
• D) 19,900; 19.900

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