Corporate Finance
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259918940
Author: Ross, Stephen A.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 12, Problem 1MC
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To determine: The positivity or negativity of the value of the beta in a Fama-French multifactor model.
Introduction: The Fama-French model is based on the idea that stock return has three distinct risk factors—market, size, and value or book-to-market based factor—rather than just one.
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