A Stock Has a Return of 16

question 72

Multiple Choice

A stock has a return of 16.9%, a standard deviation of 11.7%, and a beta of 1.50. The risk-free rate is 2.89% and the market risk premium is 8.45%. What is the Jensen-Treynor alpha of this stock?

• A)−1.37%
• B)−1.09%
• C)−.48%
• D).89%
• E)1.05%

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