The Security Market Line ____

question 95

Multiple Choice

The security market line ____.

• A) is defined as the slope of a line relating an individual security's return to the returns of other securities in that firm's primary industry
• B) provides a picture of the risk-return tradeoff required by diversified investors considering various risky assets
• C) has as its slope the beta of the security
• D) is determined by the prevailing level of risk-free interest rates minus a risk premium

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Definitions:

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