For the Market Model with 40 Securities, the Number of Parameters

question 37

Multiple Choice

For the market model with 40 securities, the number of parameters the analyst must estimate for forecasting the portfolio return is

• A) 41.
• B) 780.
• C) 81.
• D) 1.

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