Estimates of the Rate of Return on a Security Based

question 17

Multiple Choice

Estimates of the rate of return on a security based on the historical arithmetic average will probably tend to ________ the expected return for the long-term and estimates using the historical geometric average will probably tend to ________ the expected return for the short-term.

• A) overestimate; overestimate
• B) overestimate; underestimate
• C) underestimate; overestimate
• D) underestimate; underestimate
• E) accurately estimate; accurately estimate

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Definitions:

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