Stock M and Stock N Have Had the Following Returns

question 86

Multiple Choice

Stock M and Stock N have had the following returns for the past three years: 12 percent, -10 percent, and 32 percent; and 15 percent, 6 percent, and 24 percent, respectively.Calculate the covariance between the two securities.(Ignore the correction for the loss of a degree of freedom set out in the text.)

• A)-99
• B)126
• C)+250
• D)-250

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