A firms beta:Answer choices below:A) measures the systematic risk for the leading firms in a market that can be diversified.B) measures the systematic risk for the leading firms in a market that might not bediversifiable.C) measures the systematic risk for a firm or industry that cannot be diversified.D) measures the systematic risk for a firm or industry that can be diversified.

The incorrect answers are:A) measures the systematic risk for the leading firms in a market that can…

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Which of the following statements are true about systematic risk? Select one or more: a. Beta is a measure of systematic risk in ALL asset pricing models b. Systematic risk can be fully eliminated by diversification С. Systematic risk can be traded among financial entities but cannot be destroyed or eliminated d. All stocks must have the same exposure/factor loading on systematic risk e. Systematic risk is priced f. The premia on systematic risk must always be higher than the risk-free rate Which statements are true of optimization? Select one or more: a. It is a general mathematical tool and can be used not only in portfolio optimization but many business problems b. When applied in real world setting we often use computers to estimate the optimum numerically rather than doing calculus by hand с. One of the earliest applications of optimization to business problems is Augustin Cournot's 1838 duopoly pricing model d. Optimization can only ever be as effective as the description of the…
What does beta represent? Multiple Choice Beta is a measure of covariance standardized by the variance of the market. This adjusts the risk of the firm to be relative to the risk of the market. Beta is the extra income earned on an investment that cannot be explained by systematic risk or unsystematic risk. Beta is related to the return on risk-free assets. Beta is always positive or O, it cannot be negative because stock prices cannot be negative.
How can a firm’s managers influence market risk as reflectedin beta?
What is a characteristic line? How is this line used to estimate a stocks beta coefficient? Write out and explain the formula that relates total risk, market risk, and diversifiable risk.
Define systematic and unsystematic risk. What method is used to measure a firm's market risk?
Suggest what is the best financial instrument to offset market risk exposure and from market volatility? WHY?
According to the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), which of the following statements is true (only of them is): (a) A share with more total risk should provide a higher return than one with less total risk. (b) A share with more idiosyncratic risk should provide a higher return than one with less idiosyncratic risk. (c) A share with more systematic risk should provide a higher return than one with less systematic risk. (d) Only a share with no risk (either systematic or idiosyncratic) should pay the risk free rate. (e) The expected market return is the appropriate discount rate of risky projects.
In theory, should a firm be equally concerned with stand-alone,corporate, and market risk? Would your answer be the same if wesubstituted “In practice” for “In theory”? Explain your answers
Which of the following statements about the Fama-French three-factor model is wrong: A. Company size has an explanatory power in explaining the portfolio returns. B. Market risk has an explanatory power in explaining the portfolio returns. C. Book-to-market value companies has an explanatory power in explaining the portfolio returns. D. None of these factors. E. All of these factors.
Exposure to systematic or market risk can be reduced by? A. adding low or negative beta stocks to the portfolio. B. investing in a variety of economic sectors. C. cannot be reduced or avoided. D. diversifying internationally.
Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The SML shows the relationship between companies' required returns and their diversifiable risks. The slope and intercept of this line cannot be influenced by a firm's managers, but the position of the company on the line can be influenced by its managers. b. Suppose you plotted the returns of a given stock against those of the market, and you found that the slope of the regression line was negative. The CAPM would indicate that the required rate of return on the stock should be less than the risk-free rate for a well-diversified investor, assuming investors expect the observed relationship to continue on into the future. c. If investors become less risk averse, the slope of the Security Market Line will increase. d. If a company increases its use of debt, this is likely to cause the slope of its SML to increase, indicating a higher required return on the stock. e. The slope of the SML is determined by the value of beta.
Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Portfolio diversification reduces the variability of returns on an individual stock. b. Risk refers to the chance that some unfavorable event will occur, and a probability distribution is completely described by a listing of the likelihood of unfavorable events. c. The SML relates a stock's required return to its market risk. The slope and intercept of this line cannot be controlled by the firms' managers, but managers can influence their firms' positions on the line by such actions as changing the firm's capital structure or the type of assets it employs. d. A stock with a beta of −1.0 has zero market risk if held in a 1-stock portfolio. e. When diversifiable risk has been diversified away, the inherent risk that remains is market risk, which is constant for all stocks in the market.

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