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Basic Question 2 of 8
Which statements correctly describe the properties of the error term of a random walk process?
II. Error terms in different periods are not correlated. That is, E(εt εs) = 0 if t ≠ s.
III. The mean of the error term εt is 0. That is, E(εt) = 0.
I. The error term εt has a constant variance.
II. Error terms in different periods are not correlated. That is, E(εt εs) = 0 if t ≠ s.
III. The mean of the error term εt is 0. That is, E(εt) = 0.
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Learning Outcome Statements
explain the instability of coefficients of time-series models;
describe characteristics of random walk processes and contrast them to covariance stationary processes;
CFA® 2025 Level II Curriculum, Volume 1, Module 5.