A security analyst has regressed the monthly returns on Exxon Mobil equity shares over the past five years against those on the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index over the same period. The resulting regression equation is rEM = 0.08 + 1.44 rSP. Use this equation to estimate Exxon Mobil's equity beta.

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A security analyst has regressed the monthly returns on Exxon Mobil equity shares over the past five years against those on the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index over the same period. The resulting regression equation is rEM = 0.08 + 1.44 rSP. Use this equation to estimate Exxon Mobil's equity beta. 

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