Even If the Correlation Between the Returns on Two Securities

question 34

True/False

Even if the correlation between the returns on two securities is +1.0, if the securities are combined in the correct proportions, the resulting 2-asset portfolio will have less risk than either security held alone.

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Definitions:

Student's T Distribution

A distribution of probability that emerges in the distribution of sampling for sample averages, particularly valuable when dealing with small sample sizes and when the variance of the population is not known.

Normally Distributed Population

A type of population in which the variable of interest follows a bell curve, where most outcomes are near the mean, and extreme outcomes are rare.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution of a statistical measurement derived from numerous samples taken from a particular group of individuals or items.

Confidence Interval

A band of values gathered from sample data, which potentially contains the value of an undisclosed population attribute.