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

question 102

Multiple Choice

You observe that AT&T stock and the S&P 500 have the following weekly returns: 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)AT&T's beta is highly negative.
• E)Beta cannot be calculated from this data.

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