You Have Plotted the Data for Two Securities Over Time

question 31

Multiple Choice

You have plotted the data for two securities over time on the same graph,i.e.,the monthly return of each security for the last 5 years. If the pattern of the movements of each of the two securities rose and fell as the other did,these two securities would have:

• A) no correlation at all.
• B) a weak negative correlation.
• C) a strong negative correlation.
• D) a strong positive correlation.
• E) one cannot get any idea of the correlation from a graph.

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