Which of the Following Statements Is Correct

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct?

• A) If the risk-free rate rises, then the market risk premium will also rise.
• B) If a company's beta is halved, then its required return will also be halved.
• C) If a company's beta doubles, then its required return will also double.
• D) The slope of the security market line is equal to the market risk premium, (rM - rRF).

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Definitions:

Non-directional

A hypothesis that does not specify a direction of difference or association between two variables.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, indicating how much the sample mean is expected to vary from the true population mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the count of values, and used as a measure of central tendency.

Z-statistic

A type of standard score that represents the distance in standard deviations a data point is from the mean, used in significance testing.