Is It Possible For

question 123

Essay

Is it possible for:
a. a stock to have a standard deviation of return lower than the market portfolio if the stock's beta is greater than 1.0?
b. all of the stockholders of XYZ Corporation to believe XYZ is undervalued?
c. everyone to expect the stock market to go down in the next month?
d. someone who sells stock short to make money even if the stock goes up?
e. everyone to expect the Treasury 14s of 2011 to go down in price over the next month?

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