A Financial Analyst Is Estimating Factor Beta for a Portfolio

question 9

Multiple Choice

A financial analyst is estimating factor beta for a portfolio.He uses a regression of the historical returns of the security against the historical factor realizations.Which of the following is the factor beta using this regression analysis?

• A)The sum of regression intercept and residual
• B)The regression intercept
• C)The regression residual
• D)The slope coefficient in the regression

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