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10. (2pts) Given the following securities, indicate the beta of each stock below

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Question

10. (2pts) Given the following securities, indicate the beta of each stock below by going to yahoo finance and enter the ticker symbol in the upper left corner of the web page.

Date data was obtained:__7/8/15_______________________

Which has the highest market risk as measured by beta? _______First Solar______________ Has lowest market risk as measured by beta? __________     Has the same market risk as the market? ______________

GOOGLE, Inc. (GOOG) = 1.047

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) = 0.33

Pepsi Co. (PEP) = 0.83

First Solar (FSLR) = 3.23

Citi Group (C) = 1.36

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

Which has the highest market risk as measured by beta?

Answer: First Solar (FSLR) = 3.23

______________ Has lowest market risk as measured by beta?

Answer: Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) = 0.33

Has the same market risk as the market? ______________

Answer:

GOOGLE, Inc. (GOOG) = 1.047, because the beta is nearest to 1, Hence it will have same risk as of market.