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In a simple linear regression of a stock's excess returns (y) on the market's excess returns (x), the sample covariance is 0.004 and the market variance is 0.0025. If the average excess market return is 1.0% and the average stock return is 2.0%, determine the OLS estimate for the stock's alpha (α).

  1. 1.60%
  2. 1.00%
  3. 0.40%
  4. 0.625%

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