Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Many practitioners prefer to use average industry betas rather than individual stock betas.
• B)When estimating beta by using past returns it is best to use the longest time horizon of returns available.
• C)The CAPM predicts that a security's expected return depends on its beta with regard to the market portfolio of all risky investments available to investors.
• D)If we use too short a time horizon when estimating beta,our estimate of beta will be unreliable.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

The total of all production costs that do not change with the level of production output, such as salaries of managers, rent, and property taxes.

Variable Costing

Variable Costing is an accounting method that only assigns variable costs to inventory, treating fixed costs as period expenses.

Contribution Margin

The amount remaining from sales revenue after variable costs have been deducted, indicating how much contributes to covering fixed costs.

Total Gross Margin

This is the difference between sales revenue and the cost of goods sold, before deducting administrative and selling expenses.