Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 107

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) When diversifiable risk has been diversified away,the inherent risk that remains is market risk,which is constant for all stocks in the market.
• B) Portfolio diversification reduces the variability of returns on an individual stock.
• C) Risk refers to the chance that some unfavorable event will occur,and a probability distribution is completely described by a listing of the likelihoods of unfavorable events.
• D) The SML relates a stock's required return to its market risk.The slope and intercept of this line cannot be controlled by the firms' managers,but managers can influence their firms' positions on the line by such actions as changing the firm's capital structure or the type of assets it employs.
• E) A stock with a beta of -1.0 has zero market risk if held in a 1-stock portfolio.

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Definitions:

Gold Standard

A financial system in which the value of a nation's currency or banknotes is directly tied to gold.

Money Supply

The money supply represents the entire sum of financial assets within an economy at a given moment, encompassing cash, coins, and the amounts present in checking and savings accounts.

Managed Float System

An exchange rate system that combines features of freely floating rates with sporadic intervention by central banks.

Bretton Woods Agreement

A 1944 agreement that established fixed foreign exchange rates for major currencies, as well as the IMF and the World Bank.