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question 92

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.
Suppose the market portfolio's excess return tends to increase by 30% when the economy is strong and decline by 20% when the economy is weak. A type S firm has excess returns increase by 45% when the economy is strong and decrease by 30% when the economy is weak. A type I firm will also have excess returns of either 45% or -30%, but the type I firm's excess returns will depend only upon firm-specific events and will be completely independent of the state of the economy.
-What is the beta for a type S firm?

• A) 1.5
• B) 0.0
• C) 1.0
• D) 0.75

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