One Criticism of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Suggests That

question 390

Multiple Choice

One criticism of the Dow Jones Industrial Average suggests that it

• A) magnifies the fluctuations in the stock market.
• B) does not indicate the cause of changes in stock prices.
• C) is too small (too few companies) to get a good statistical representation.
• D) is biased causing an overstatement of bond price increases and an understatement of stock price decreases.

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