Stocks follow with idiosyncratic volatility 1.5% for every stock. (a) With for all stocks, compute the expected fraction of advancers when the factor return is , and . (b) Half the stocks have and half ; recompute for . (c) Construct an example in which the cap-weighted index rises while fewer than half the stocks advance, and say what the divergence measures.
M04A · Problem 14 ★★ Check
Breadth in a factor model
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