Question 34 (3 marks) Consider the following information about Stocks A and B. The market risk premium is 7%, and the risk-free rate is 3%. Rate of Return if State Occurs Probability of state of economy State of economy Stock A Stock B Recession 0.15 0.02 -0.25 Normal 0.70 0.21 0.09 Irrational exuberance 0.15 0.06 0.44 Which of the two stocks has higher systematic risk? a. Stock B because the variance on its return is much wider than that of Stock A b. Stock A because its beta is higher than that of Stock B c. Stock A because its returns are negatively related to the market portfolio returns d. Stocks A and B have the same system risk because their betas are all positive. a. Ob. O d