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Quang Tr??ng
on Nov 03, 2024
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The market risk, beta, of a security is equal to
A) the covariance between the security's return and the market return divided by the variance of the market's returns.
B) the covariance between the security and market returns divided by the standard deviation of the market's returns.
C) the variance of the security's returns divided by the covariance between the security and market returns.
D) the variance of the security's returns divided by the variance of the market's returns.
Covariance
A measure of the degree to which returns on two risky assets move in tandem. A positive covariance means that asset returns move together. A negative covariance means they vary inversely.
Variance
A measure of the dispersion of a random variable. Equals the expected value of the squared deviation from the mean.
- Elucidate the importance of beta in assessing market risk associated with a security.
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Learning Objectives
- Elucidate the importance of beta in assessing market risk associated with a security.