Stock X Has 3 Units of Systematic Risk and 2

question 58

Multiple Choice

Stock X has 3 units of systematic risk and 2 units of unsystematic risk while Stock Y has 3 units of systematic risk and 4 units of unsystematic risk.If Stock X is priced to generate an 8% return for investors then what do we know about the return that Stock Y should be priced to return?

• A) Stock Y should be priced to return greater than 8%
• B) Stock Y should be priced to return 8%
• C) Stock Y should be priced to return less than 8%
• D) there is not enough information to solve this problem

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Definitions:

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