Dividing the Standard Deviation of the Returns of a Stock

question 47

Multiple Choice

Dividing the standard deviation of the returns of a stock by the stock's expected return gives us the stock's _____. 

• A)variance
• B)risk premium
• C)coefficient of variation
• D)beta
• E)correlation coefficient

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Definitions:

Superego

The component of the human psyche in Freudian psychoanalysis that represents internalized societal standards of right and wrong.

Identification

A psychological process in which an individual assimilates aspects, properties, or attributes of another person and is transformed, wholly or partially, by the model the other provides.

Repression

A defense mechanism where distressing thoughts, memories, or feelings are unconsciously blocked from conscious awareness.

Psychosexual Stage

A theory by Sigmund Freud that proposes children pass through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones.