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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