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Calculate the beta of each of the stocks in Table 7.9 relative to a portfolio with equal i...

Calculate the beta of each of the stocks in Table 7.9 relative to a portfolio with equal investments in each stock.

TABLE7.9 Standard deviations of returns and correlation coefficients for a sample of eight stocks.

Correlation Coefficients

 

BP

Canadian Pacific

Deutsche Bank

Fiat

Heineken

LVMH

Nestlé;

Tata Motors

Standard Deviation

BP

1

0.19

0.23

0.20

0.34

0.30

0.16

0.09

22.2%

Canadian Pacific

 

1

0.43

0.31

0.39

0.34

0.17

0.40

23.9

Deutsche Bank

 

 

1

0.74

0.73

0.73

0.49

0.68

29.2

Fiat

 

 

 

1

0.66

0.64

0.47

0.53

35.7

Heineken

 

 

 

 

1

0.64

0.51

0.50

18.9

LVMH

 

 

 

 

 

1

0.52

0.60

20.8

Nestlé

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

0.43

15.4

Tata Motors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

43.0

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