Ray Crawford Is Evaluating Investment Alternatives to Invest $500,000 Which

question 64

Multiple Choice

Ray Crawford is evaluating investment alternatives to invest $500,000 which he inherited from his grandfather.His investment advisor has identified four alternatives and constructed the following payoff table which shows expected profits (in $10,000's) for various market conditions: For the combination of 'Bear' and 'Mixture', the opportunity loss is ___.

• A)0
• B)5
• C)13
• D)33
• E)-10

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