The market risk,beta,of a security is equal to
A) the covariance between the security's return and the market return divided by the variance of the market's returns.
B) the covariance between the security and market returns divided by the standard deviation of the market's returns.
C) the variance of the security's returns divided by the covariance between the security and market returns.
D) the variance of the security's returns divided by the variance of the market's returns.
E) none of these.

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The market risk, beta, is measured by the sensitivity of a security's returns to the market returns. Beta is calculated as the covariance between the security's return and the market return divided by the variance of the market's returns. Therefore, choice A is the correct answer. The remaining choices do not reflect the calculation of beta.

The Market Risk,beta,of a Security Is Equal to