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Taussig Technologies Is Considering Two Potential Projects,X and Y Which of the Following Statements Is Correct?$350,000$150,000$150,000$350,000Correlation of the Project

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Taussig Technologies is considering two potential projects,X and Y.In assessing the projects' risks,the company estimated the beta of each project versus both the company's other assets and the stock market,and it also conducted thorough scenario and simulation analyses.This research produced the following numbers:  Project X Project Y Expected NPV $350.000$3500,000 Standard deviation ( CNPV) $100,000$150,000 Project beta (versus market)  1.40.8 Cash flows  Correlati on of the project cash flows  Cash flows are not correlated  are highlycorrelated with with cash flows from currently  with the cash flows from  the cash flows from  existing projects.  existing projects.  existing projects. \begin{array}{ll}& \underline{\text { Project } \mathrm{X}}& \underline{\text { Project } \mathrm{Y}}\\\text { Expected NPV } & \$ 350.000 & \$ 3500,000 \\\text { Standard deviation ( } \left.\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{NPV}}\right) & \$ 100,000 & \$ 150,000 \\\text { Project beta (versus market) } & 1.4 & 0.8\\ &&\text { Cash flows } \\ \text { Correlati on of the project cash flows } & \text { Cash flows are not correlated } & \text { are highlycorrelated with} &\\ \text { with cash flows from currently } & \text { with the cash flows from } & \text { the cash flows from } &\\ \text { existing projects. } & \text { existing projects. } & \text { existing projects. } &\\\end{array} Which of the following statements is correct?$350,000$150,000$150,000$350,000Correlation of the project cash flows with cash flows from currently existing projects.


A) Project X has more stand-alone risk than Project Y.
B) Project X has more corporate (or within-firm) risk than Project Y.
C) Project X has more market risk than Project Y.
D) Project X has the same level of corporate risk as Project Y.

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