Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A)About one in three single-parent families that are headed by women live below the poverty line.
• B)The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act represented a setback for women by reducing the amount of guaranteed benefits that new mothers receive.
• C)Recent Supreme Court decisions have made it harder for employees to sue an organization that retaliates against them for filing a sexual harassment complaint.
• D)There are generally fewer single-parent families headed by women below the poverty line than two-parent families below the poverty line.
• E)The "feminization of poverty" describes the phenomenon of greater government protection for women below the poverty line than men.

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Definitions:

True Market Portfolio

An optimal portfolio that includes all available assets in the market, their proportions reflecting their market values, as suggested by the Capital Asset Pricing Model.

Derivatives

Claims whose value depends on what happens to the value of some other asset. Futures and options are two important types of derivatives, and their values depend on what happens to the prices of other assets. Therefore, the value of a derivative security is derived from the value of an underlying real asset or other security.

Foreign Securities

Investment instruments issued in a jurisdiction outside of the investor's country, including stocks, bonds, and other financial assets.

Negative Beta Value

Indicates an investment's return moves opposite to the market's return, suggesting a potential risk-reducing benefit in a diversified portfolio.