Suppose the MiniCD Corporation's Common Stock Has a Return of 12

question 23

Multiple Choice

Suppose the MiniCD Corporation's common stock has a return of 12%. Assume the risk-free rate is 4%, the expected market return is 9%, and no unsystematic influence affected Mini's return. The beta for MiniCD is:

• A) 0.89.
• B) 1.60.
• C) 2.40.
• D) 3.00.

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, ranging from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Population Proportion

The fraction of the population that holds a particular trait, attribute, or characteristic of interest.

Standard Error

An estimate of the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to assess the precision of sample estimates of population parameters.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, showing how the statistic varies from sample to sample.