Firms Whose Revenues Are Strongly Cyclical and Whose Operating Leverage

question 51

Multiple Choice

Firms whose revenues are strongly cyclical and whose operating leverage is high are likely to have:

• A)low betas.
• B)high betas.
• C)zero betas.
• D)negative betas.
• E)None of the above.

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