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12) consider two securities, a and b. securities a and b have a correlation coefficient of 0.65. security a has a standard deviation of 12% and security b has standard deviation of 25% calculate the covariance between the two securities
a stock has a beta of the stock equalling to be 1.25. the risk free rate is 5% and the market risk premium is 6%. the estimated return for the stock is 14%. according to the CAPM you should
a) sell because it is overvalued
b) sell because it is undervalued
c) buy because it is overvalued
d) buy because it is undervalued
e) short because it is undervalued
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