Uptown Markets Stock Has a Standard Deviation of 16

question 25

Multiple Choice

Uptown Markets stock has a standard deviation of 16.8 percent and a covariance with the market of .0178.The market has a standard deviation of 13.6 percent.What is the correlation of this stock with the market?

• A).74
• B).78
• C).87
• D).89
• E).91

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