You Observe That AT&T Stock and the S&P 500 Have

question 36

Multiple Choice

You observe that AT&T stock and the S&P 500 have the following weekly returns: Week AT&T return S&P 500 return
1 0.005 0.001
2 0.010 0.005
3 -0.003 -0.005
4 -0.005 -0.001
If this pattern of stock returns is typical of AT&T stock, and you calculated a beta against the S&P 500, which of the following is true?

• A)AT&T's beta is negative.
• B)AT&T's beta is zero.
• C)AT&T's beta is positive.
• D)Cannot be determined from information given.

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