Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 128

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) If a stock has a beta of to 1.0,its required rate of return will be unaffected by changes in the market risk premium.
• B) The slope of the Security Market Line is beta.
• C) Any stock with a negative beta must in theory have a negative required rate of return,provided rRF is positive.
• D) If a stock's beta doubles,its required rate of return must also double.
• E) If a stock's returns are negatively correlated with returns on most other stocks,the stock's beta will be negative.

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Definitions:

Interval Data

A type of quantitative data that involves measurements where the difference between two values is meaningful, but there is no true zero point.

Bimodal Data

Data that has two different modes, or peaks, in its frequency distribution.

Empirical Rule

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all of the data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.

Measure Variability

The degree to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from their average value.