Factor Models Are a Return-Generating Process That Attributes the Return

question 16

Multiple Choice

Factor models are a return-generating process that attributes the return on a security to the security's sensitivity to the movements of various ____ factors.

• A) factory utilization and inflation rate
• B) systematic and unsystematic risk
• C) global
• D) financial market

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