A Stock Has a Correlation with the Market of 0

question 43

Multiple Choice

A stock has a correlation with the market of 0.45.The standard deviation of the market is 21% and the standard deviation of the stock is 35%.What is the stock's beta?

• A) 1.00
• B) 0.75
• C) 0.60
• D) 0.55

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