The Authors Present a Comparison of Correlation Coefficients Between Major

question 43

Multiple Choice

The authors present a comparison of correlation coefficients between major global equity markets over a variety of different periods. The comparison yields a number of conclusions listed here EXCEPT:

• A)the correlation between equity markets for the full twentieth century shows quite low levels of correlation between some of the largest markets (close to 0.50 in some cases).
• B)that same century of data, however, yields a high correlation between the U.S. and Canada (0.80).
• C)the correlation coefficients between those same equity markets for selected sub periods over the last quarter of the twentieth century, however, show significantly different correlation coefficients.
• D)None of the answers listed are inaccurate conclusions.

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