Use This Graph to Answer the Question

question 136

Multiple Choice

Use this graph to answer the question.
-What were the total sales for 2009?

• A)$48,000
• B)$582,000
• C)$764,000
• D)$50,000

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Definitions:

Stock Market

A public market for buying, selling, and trading stocks (shares) of publicly-held companies.

Alpha

A measure of the excess return of an investment relative to the return of a benchmark index.

Actual Return

The real gain or loss experienced on an investment, typically expressed as a percentage of the investment's initial cost.

Portfolio Beta

This measures the sensitivity of a portfolio's returns to changes in the market's returns, indicating the portfolio's overall exposure to market risk.