Air Canada Stock Has a Standard Deviation of 10%,while the Market

question 35

Multiple Choice

Air Canada stock has a standard deviation of 10%,while the market index standard deviation is 7%.If the correlation between Air Canada and the market index is 0.85,what is the beta of Air Canada stock?

• A)0.60
• B)1.21
• C)1.43
• D)0.85
• E)1.0

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