​Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 27

Multiple Choice

​Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) ​If you purchase 100 shares of Disney stock from your brother-in-law,this is an example of a primary market transaction.
• B) ​If Disney issues additional shares of common stock through an investment banker,this would be a secondary market transaction.
• C) ​The NYSE is an example of an over-the-counter market.
• D) ​Only institutions,and not individuals,can engage in derivative market transactions.
• E) ​As they are generally defined,money market transactions involve debt securities with maturities of less than one year.

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Definitions:

Portfolio A

A specific collection of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, cash equivalents, and their mutual funds, owned by an individual or an institutional investor.

Portfolio B

Portfolio B is not a specific term but could refer to a theoretical or actual portfolio of investments selected as a part of an investment strategy or for analysis.

Variance

A measure of the distribution’s variability. It is the sum of the squared deviations about the expected value.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of numbers, indicating how much the individual numbers differ from the mean.