X You want to estimate the beta of a publicly traded firm. To do this you would run a regression of the market's returns against the dependent variable of the stock's returns in the same time period and find the slope coefficient. run a regression of the market's returns against the dependent variable of the stock's returns in the same time period and find the y-intercept. run a regression of the stock's returns against the dependent variable of the market's returns in the same time period and find the y-intercept. run a regression of the stock's returns against the dependent variable of the market's returns in the same time period and find the slope coefficient