Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Many practitioners prefer to use average industry betas rather than individual stock betas.
• B)When estimating beta by using past returns it is best to use the longest time horizon of returns available.
• C)The CAPM predicts that a security's expected return depends on its beta with regard to the market portfolio of all risky investments available to investors.
• D)If we use too short a time horizon when estimating beta,our estimate of beta will be unreliable.

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Definitions:

Partial Sum

A partial sum is the sum of the first n terms of a sequence, often used in the context of series to understand the progression or to investigate convergence.

N Th

In mathematics, "n-th" refers to an unspecified member of a sequence, indicating its position with the variable n.

Geometric Sequence

A progression of numbers in which each term beyond the initial one is produced by the multiplication of the preceding term by a constant, non-zero multiplier called the common ratio.

Formula

A mathematical expression that describes a relationship among different quantities.