Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) A large portfolio of randomly selected stocks will always have a standard deviation of returns that is less than the standard deviation of a portfolio with fewer stocks, regardless of how the stocks in the smaller portfolio are selected.
• B) Diversifiable risk can be reduced by forming a large portfolio, but normally even highly-diversified portfolios are subject to market (or systematic) risk.
• C) A large portfolio of randomly selected stocks will have a standard deviation of returns that is greater than the standard deviation of a 1-stock portfolio if that one stock has a beta less than 1.0.
• D) A large portfolio of stocks whose betas are greater than 1.0 will have less market risk than a single stock with a beta = 0.8.
• E) If you add enough randomly selected stocks to a portfolio, you can completely eliminate all of the market risk from the portfolio.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can vary in the calculation of a statistic.

Categories

Distinct groups or classes into which data or objects are organized based on shared characteristics or attributes.

Chi-square

A statistical method that assesses whether a meaningful association is present between two variables of categorical nature.

Degrees of Freedom

Represents the number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the analysis without breaking any constraints.