A Stock Has a Standard Deviation of 25

question 30

Multiple Choice

A stock has a standard deviation of 25.4 percent and a covariance with the market of .0160.The market has a standard deviation of 12.2 percent.What is the beta of this stock?

• A).294
• B).572
• C).926
• D).973
• E)1.075

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