A Stock Has a Return of 16

question 84

Multiple Choice

A stock has a return of 16.18 percent and a beta of 1.47.The market return is 10.65 percent and the risk-free rate is 3.20 percent.What is the Jensen-Treynor alpha of this stock?

• A) −1.12 percent
• B) −0.17 percent
• C) 0.66 percent
• D) 1.38 percent
• E) 1.59 percent

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Definitions:

Long-Run Equilibrium

a state in which all factors of production can be adjusted, and all firms in the market are making zero economic profits, reflecting a situation of perfect competition.

Marginal Cost

The change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit; essentially, the cost of producing one more unit of a good.

Product-Variety Externality

An economic effect where an individual's consumption choices can lead to an increase in the variety of products available, potentially benefiting other consumers.