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Greater chance of lower actual return than expected return and greater variation is indicated by
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Answer: Option B
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Greater chance of lower actual return than expected return and greater variation is indicated by larger standard deviation. The standard deviation is a statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance. The greater the standard deviation of securities, the greater the variance between each price and the mean, which shows a larger price range.
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Tendency of measuring correlation of two variables is classified as
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Answer: Option C
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Tendency of measuring correlation of two variables is classified as correlation coefficient. The correlation coefficient is a statistical measure that calculates the strength of the relationship between the relative movements of two variables.
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Size of firm and market or book ratio are variables which are related to
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Answer: Option D
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Size of firm and market or book ratio are variables which are related to stock returns. Stock Market Returns are the returns that the investors generate out of the stock market. This return could be in the form of profit through trading or in the form of dividends given by the company to its shareholders from time-to-time.
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A model in which behavior of asset returns is measured for set of risk factors and market risk is classified as
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Answer: Option C
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A model in which behavior of asset returns is measured for set of risk factors and market risk is classified as multifactor model. A multi-factor model is a financial model that employs multiple factors in its calculations to explain market phenomena and/or equilibrium asset prices.
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Relationship between risk and required return is classified as
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Answer: Option A
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Relationship between risk and required return is classified as security market line. The security market line (SML) is a line drawn on a chart that serves as a graphical representation of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), which shows different levels of systematic, or market, risk of various marketable securities plotted against the expected return of the entire market at a given point in time.
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Tendency of moving together of two variables is classified as
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Answer: Option A
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Tendency of moving together of two variables is classified as correlation. Correlation, in the finance and investment industries, is a statistic that measures the degree to which two securities move in relation to each other.
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Of all stocks in a portfolio, required rate of return is classified as
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Answer: Option D
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Of all stocks in a portfolio, required rate of return is classified as market portfolio. A market portfolio is a theoretical bundle of investments that includes every type of asset available in the world financial market, with each asset weighted in proportion to its total presence in the market.
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Risk in average individual stock can be reduced by placing an individual stock in
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Answer: Option B
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Risk in average individual stock can be reduced by placing an individual stock in diversified portfolio. A diversified investment is a portfolio of various assets that earns the highest return for the least risk. A typical diversified portfolio has a mixture of stocks, fixed income, and commodities.
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Required return is 15% and premium for risk is 11% then risk free return would be
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Answer: Option B
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Risk free return = Required return - Premium for risk
= 15% - 11% = 4%.
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Market required return is subtracted from risk free rate which is used to calculate
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Answer: Option B
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Market required return is subtracted from risk free rate which is used to calculate market risk premium. The market risk premium is the difference between the expected return on a market portfolio and the risk-free rate. The market risk premium is equal to the slope of the security market line (SML), a graphical representation of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM).