Stock performance is unrelated to performance of the market

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You are told by the analyst that Apex Trading Co stock performance is unrelated to the performance of the market. The value of Apex’s beta and its standard error are calculated to be 0.314 and 0.256 respectively. The model is estimated using 50 quarterly observations. Write down the null and alternative hypotheses and test this null hypothesis against a two-sided alternative.

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