Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Select one:

a. Beta corresponds to the slope of the best-fitting line in the plot of the securities excess returns versus the market excess return.

b. Securities that tend to move more than the market have betas lower than 0.

c. Securities whose returns tend to move in tandem with the market on average have a beta of 1.

d. The statistical technique that identifies the best-fitting line through a set of points is called linear regression.