Which of the Following Describes What Will Occur as You

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes what will occur as you randomly add stocks to your portfolio?

• A) The nondiversifiable risk will decrease.
• B) Both the diversifiable and nondiversifiable risk will decrease.
• C) The portfolio return will increase.
• D) The diversifiable risk will decrease.

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Definitions:

Decreases

A term indicating a reduction or decline in value, quantity, or extent.

Correlation Coefficients

Statistical measures that indicate the strength and direction of the relationship between two or more variables.

Phi Coefficient

A metric indicating the strength and direction of the relationship between two dichotomous variables, with values spanning from -1 to 1.

Partial Correlation

A measure of the relationship between two variables, controlling for the effect of one or more other variables.