Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Beta differs from volatility.
• B)The risk premium investors can earn by holding the market portfolio is the difference between the market portfolio's expected return and the risk-free interest rate.
• C)Stocks in cyclical industries,in which revenues tend to vary greatly over the business cycle,are likely to be more sensitive to systematic risk and have higher betas than stocks in less sensitive industries.
• D)If we assume that the market portfolio (or the S&P 500)is efficient,then changes in the value of the market portfolio represent unsystematic shocks to the economy.

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Definitions:

Expected Value

The long-run average value of repetitions of the experiment it represents, often used in probability and statistics.

Shopping Outlet

A retail store or set of stores where products are sold directly to the public, often at reduced prices.

Covariance

A measure of the degree to which two variables change together, indicating the direction of their linear relationship.

Coefficient of Correlation

A statistical measure that calculates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables on a scatter diagram.