If You Plotted the Returns on a Given Stock Against

question 11

True/False

If you plotted the returns on a given stock against those of the market, and if you found that the slope of the regression line was negative, the CAPM would indicate that the required rate of return on the stock should be greater than the risk-free rate for a well-diversified investor, assuming that the observed relationship is expected to continue into the future.

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John Maynard Keynes

A British economist whose innovative ideas transformed the approach to macroeconomics and influenced governmental economic policies.

John Maynard Keynes

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