Consider a Risky Asset That Has a Standard Deviation of Returns

question 99

Multiple Choice

Consider a risky asset that has a standard deviation of returns of 15. Calculate the correlation between the risky asset and a risk-free asset.

• A) 1.0
• B) 0.0
• C) -1.0
• D) 0.5
• E) -0.5

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