Stock a Has a Standard Deviation of 20% and a Correlation

question 40

Multiple Choice

Stock A has a standard deviation of 20% and a correlation coefficient of 0.64 with market returns.The expected return of the market is 12% with a standard deviation of 15%.The risk-free rate is 5%.What is the beta of Stock A?

• A)0.48
• B)0.75
• C)0.85
• D)1.33

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