Given the following returns on Stock Q and "the market" during the last three years, what is the difference in the calculated beta coefficient of Stock Q when Year 1 and Year 2 data are used as compared to Year 2 and Year 3 data? (Hint: Think rise over run.)   Year Stock Q Market 1 6.74% 7.93% 2 -4.08% 13.90% 3 21.28% 17.43% ?

A. 9.00
B. 10.26
C. 7.20
D. 7.65
E. 9.72


Answer: A

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