Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) The risk premium of a security is equal to the market risk premium (the amount by which the market's expected return exceeds the risk-free rate), divided by the amount of market risk present in the security's returns measured by its beta with the market.
• B) We refer to the beta of a security with the market portfolio simply as the securities beta.
• C) There is a linear relationship between a stock's beta and its expected return.
• D) A security with a negative beta has a negative correlation with the market, which means that this security tend to perform will when the rest of the market is doing poorly.

---

Definitions:

Capital

Funds or assets that are used for investing in business operations to generate profitable returns.

WACC

Stands for Weighted Average Cost of Capital, a calculation of a firm's capital cost that weights each category of capital proportionately.

Capital Components

The elements that make up a company's capital structure, including equity, debt, and any hybrid securities.

Calculate

To determine the amount or number of something mathematically.