Question: (3 points) Suppose there is only one systematic risk factor, and you have the following information on different assets. Asset Systematic variance Firm-specific variance A

  1. (3 points) Suppose there is only one systematic risk factor, and you have the following information on different assets.
  1. Asset

    Systematic variance

    Firm-specific variance

    A

    0.22

    0.16

    B

    0.25

    0.14

    C

    0.20

    0.12

    Which one of the followings is NOT true?

  2. Asset A has the largest beta
  3. Asset B has the largest beta
  4. Asset C has the least beta
  5. Asset A has the largest firm-specific risk
  6. Asset B has the largest total variance
  7. Asset C has the least total variance

  1. (2 points) Joe designed a trading strategy based on the announcements of unemployment rate. He earned abnormal returns using this strategy. Joes strategy is directly against the believes of the _____ of efficient market hypothesis (EMH).
  1. Weak form
  2. Semi-strong form
  3. Strong form
  4. Weak and semi-strong form
  5. Semi-strong and strong form
  6. Weak, semi-strong, and strong form (all three forms)

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