If a Stock's Beta Is

question 13

Multiple Choice

If a stock's Beta is.8 during a period when the market portfolio was down by 10%, then, a priori, we could expect the return on this individual stock to:

• A)lose more than 10%.
• B)lose, but less than 10%.
• C)gain more than 10%.
• D)gain, but less than 10%.

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