
Concept explainers
A
To Determine: To find out the stock that has higher firm-specific risk.
Introduction: Security Characteristic Line exhibits the relation between the individual stock in consideration or the portfolio constructed, with the benchmark index.
B
To Determine: To find out the stock that has greater Systematic or Market risk.
Introduction: Also called as Undiversifiable risk or Market risk or Volatility, Systematic risk affects the overall market, but not just considers particular stock.
C
To Determine: To find out the stock that has higher R2.
Introduction: R2 is one of the statistical measures that identify the relationship between the total variance and the Explained Variance of a particular stock or a portfolio.
D
To Determine: To find out the stock that has higher Alpha.
Introduction: Alpha denotes that part of return, when the market stands unbiased. It means the return that is left over, when the excess return of the market is ‘zero’.
E
To Determine: To find out the stock that has higher correlation with the market.
Introduction: Correlation is one of the statistical measures that contrast the relation between two stocks, or a stock with the market index.

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