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- From: wallace@dtc.hp.com (David Wallace)
- Subject: Re: Beta/Volitility
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:16:44 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.015037.7536@news.ysu.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan8.015037.7536@news.ysu.edu> ai428@yfn.ysu.edu (Daniel Schiffer) writes:
- >
- >Does any one no a formaula that can be used to derive volitility, as used
- >in a Black-Sholes formula from the beta of a stock?
- >Dan Schiffer
-
- It's not very likely that such a formula exists. The "investments" of
- stuffing your money in a mattress and using it to buy lottery tickets both
- have a beta of 0 (because the returns are completely uncorrelated with the
- market), but they have very different volatilities.
-
- Dave W.
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