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An endowment fund manager is estimating the market risk of Alpha Industrial Fund. The fund has an expected annual return of 7.1% and volatility of 7.9% and is benchmarked against the Russell 2000 Index. The manager assumes that the expected annual return of the Russell 2000 Index is 7.8% with an annual volatility of 9.8%. According to the CAPM, if the risk-free rate is 3.2% per year, what is the beta of Alpha Industrial Fund?
A
0.85
B
0.95
C
1.13
D
1.23