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Are calculated betas good for anything?

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Fernandez, Pablo () (IESE Business School)

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We calculate betas of 3,813 companies using 60 monthly returns each day of December 2001 and January 2002. The median (average) of the maximum beta divided by the minimum beta was 3.07 (15.7). The median of the percentage daily change (in absolute value) of the betas was 20%. Industry betas are also unstable. On average, the maximum beta of an industry was 2.7 times its minimum beta in December 2001 and January 2002. The median (average) of the percentage daily change (in absolute value) of the industry betas was 7% (16%). This dispersion of the calculated betas has important implications for the instability of beta-ranked portfolios.

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Paper provided by IESE Business School in its series IESE Research Papers with number D/555.

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Date of creation: 23 Apr 2004
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Keywords: beta; historical beta; expected beta; systematic risk; cost equity;

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G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing
G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Investment Policy
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