Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)The Sharpe ratio measures the ratio of volatility-to-reward provided by a portfolio.
• B)Borrowing money to invest in stocks is referred to as buying stocks on margin.
• C)The Sharpe ratio is the number of standard deviations the portfolio's return would have to fall to under-perform the risk-free investment.
• D)The slope of the line through a given portfolio is often referred to as the Sharpe ratio of the portfolio.

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Definitions:

Average

The most representative score in a set of scores.

Common Average

The arithmetic mean or simple average of a set of values, calculated by summing them up and dividing by the number of values.

Variance

A statistical measure that represents the dispersion or spread of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how far the data points are from the mean.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution, aiming to provide an accurate description of the entire data set.