In a Single-Factor Market Model the Beta of a Stock

question 51

Multiple Choice

In a single-factor market model the beta of a stock ________.

• A) measures the stock's contribution to the standard deviation of the market portfolio
• B) measures the stock's unsystematic risk
• C) changes with the variance of the residuals
• D) measures the stock's contribution to the standard deviation of the stock

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