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A risk manager gathers five years of historical returns to calculate the Kendall τ correlation coefficient for stocks X and Y. The stock returns for X and Y from 2010 to 2014 are as follows:
| Year | X | Y |
|------|------|-------|
| 2010 | 5.0% | -10.0%|
| 2011 | 50.0%| -5.0% |
| 2012 | -10.0%| 20.0%|
| 2013 | -20.0%| 40.0%|
| 2014 | 30.0% | 15.0%|
What is the Kendall τ correlation coefficient for the stock returns of X and Y?
A
-0.3
B
-0.2
C
-0.6
D
0.4