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Finance Application: Portfolio Analysis with a Market Index as a Leading Indicator in Simple Linear Regression

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We can use simple linear regression of stock rates of return with a Market index to estimate betas, measures of risk, which are central to finance investment theory.

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(2009). Finance Application: Portfolio Analysis with a Market Index as a Leading Indicator in Simple Linear Regression. In: Business Statistics for Competitive Advantage with Excel 2007. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74403-2_6

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