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WMT SPY Date Adj Close Adj Close 5/1/2011 43.4721 110.6702 6/1/2011 42.1114 108.2665 7/1/2011 41.77064 106.6267 8/1/2011 42.15102 100.7648 9/1/2011 41.4263 93.28702 10/1/2011 45.27356 104.0044

WMT SPY
Date Adj Close Adj Close
5/1/2011 43.4721 110.6702
6/1/2011 42.1114 108.2665
7/1/2011 41.77064 106.6267
8/1/2011 42.15102 100.7648
9/1/2011 41.4263 93.28702
10/1/2011 45.27356 104.0044
11/1/2011 47.01365 103.5817
12/1/2011 47.70008 104.0044
1/1/2012 49.28323 109.5177
2/1/2012 47.45198 114.2714
3/1/2012 49.15472 117.4321
4/1/2012 47.63213 117.1594
5/1/2012 53.21925 110.1233
6/1/2012 56.75518 114.0015
7/1/2012 60.58934 115.9478
8/1/2012 59.09961 118.8525
9/1/2012 60.40139 121.2186
10/1/2012 61.3999 119.6479
11/1/2012 58.94454 120.325
12/1/2012 55.84265 120.5451
1/1/2013 57.56805 127.6146
2/1/2013 58.25113 129.2428
3/1/2013 61.58425 133.5563
4/1/2013 64.37531 136.7276
5/1/2013 61.98984 139.9558
6/1/2013 62.07 137.3613
7/1/2013 64.94478 145.2241
8/1/2013 60.81179 140.8685
9/1/2013 62.00261 144.6215
10/1/2013 64.34151 152.0561
11/1/2013 67.91279 156.5626
12/1/2013 65.96789 159.7544
1/1/2014 62.97065 154.9601
2/1/2014 62.98752 162.0132
3/1/2014 64.44623 162.6394
4/1/2014 67.64558 164.4928
5/1/2014 65.15057 168.3101
6/1/2014 64.10228 170.9657
7/1/2014 62.82998 169.4764
8/1/2014 64.46946 176.1646
9/1/2014 65.72793 172.9259
10/1/2014 65.55605 177.8258
11/1/2014 75.24288 182.711
12/1/2014 73.81607 181.2472
1/1/2015 73.45057 176.8477
2/1/2015 72.54302 186.7874
3/1/2015 71.09093 183.0367
4/1/2015 67.86597 185.6617
5/1/2015 64.57918 188.0486
6/1/2015 62.06422 183.3372
7/1/2015 62.983 188.3905
8/1/2015 56.63919 176.9082
9/1/2015 57.12285 171.5025
10/1/2015 50.42739 187.0579
11/1/2015 51.83696 187.7417
12/1/2015 54.00417 183.4055
1/1/2016 58.95163 175.3115
2/1/2016 58.93385 175.1667
3/1/2016 60.84384 185.9902
4/1/2016 59.84447 187.6863
5/1/2016 63.34367 190.8791
6/1/2016 65.82678 190.5517
7/1/2016 65.7817 198.5284
8/1/2016 64.40244 198.7662
9/1/2016 65.46051 197.7786
10/1/2016 63.55442 195.3315
11/1/2016 63.92658 202.5272
12/1/2016 62.73753 205.422
1/1/2017 61.01085 210.3304
2/1/2017 64.84116 218.5946
3/1/2017 65.89245 217.9198
4/1/2017 69.23168 221.0403
5/1/2017 72.3811 224.1599
6/1/2017 70.15851 224.4941
7/1/2017 74.15405 230.2257
8/1/2017 72.37414 230.8974
9/1/2017 72.89468 234.3866
10/1/2017 81.44911 241.1003
11/1/2017 90.70322 248.4698
12/1/2017 92.12118 250.2043
1/1/2018 99.96831 265.6566
2/1/2018 84.41039 255.9972
3/1/2018 83.4351 247.987
4/1/2018 83.45141 250.267
5/1/2018 77.86659 256.3507
6/1/2018 81.30956 256.6725
7/1/2018 84.70813 267.3765
8/1/2018 91.00214 275.9111
9/1/2018 89.66876 276.3008
10/1/2018 95.75107 258.3716
11/1/2018 93.23986 263.1642
12/1/2018 88.94309 238.5996
1/1/2019 92.00137 259.2081
2/1/2019 95.03513 267.6105
3/1/2019 93.63345 271.2596
4/1/2019 99.26256 283.5849
5/1/2019 97.91126 265.5004
6/1/2019 107.213 282.6011
7/1/2019 107.1062 288.2692
8/1/2019 110.8712 283.4425
9/1/2019 115.7269 287.6295
10/1/2019 114.3423 295.3451
11/1/2019 116.1267 306.036
12/1/2019 115.8829 313.3873
1/1/2020 112.1419 314.8009
2/1/2020 105.4716 289.8794
3/1/2020 111.2898 252.1988
4/1/2020 119.584 285.8952
5/1/2020 122.0533 299.5168
6/1/2020 118.361 303.493
7/1/2020 127.867 322.7805
8/1/2020 137.205 345.3096
9/1/2020 138.8208 331.0547
10/1/2020 137.6699 324.0925
11/1/2020 151.6006 359.3463
12/1/2020 143.0278 371.0777
1/1/2021 139.9059 368.8619
2/1/2021 129.3798 379.1183
3/1/2021 135.2652 395.0362
4/1/2021 139.63 420.06

What is Walmarts beta for these 10 years?

**NOTE** (the risk-free rate in this problem is equal to ZERO)

**Please answer accurate to two decimales i.e. 0.045

What is the firm-specific variance for Walmart over this period?

**Please answer accurately to four decimals i.e. 0.0045

What is Walmart's firm-specific (residual) return for May 2012? (The date is 5/1/12).

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