A Stock Has a Standard Deviation of 18

question 66

Multiple Choice

A stock has a standard deviation of 18.0 percent and a covariance with the market of 0.02.The market has a standard deviation of 14.3 percent.What is the beta of this stock?

• A) 0.294
• B) 0.572
• C) 0.764
• D) 0.978
• E) 1.075

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