A and B Entered a Variety Store Owned by

question 54

True/False

A and B entered a variety store owned by
C. A purchased two chocolate bars from C, and gave one to
B. Unknown to A, B, or C the chocolate bar which A gave to B contained a piece of metal that had fallen into the chocolate mix when the candy bar was made. When B attempted to eat the chocolate, she damaged a tooth. She was obliged to have the tooth repaired by a dentist, and in addition lost a day's work because of the painful injury to her mouth. Her total loss amounted to $300.00.

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Global Minimum Variance Portfolio

An investment portfolio that is designed to have the lowest risk (variance) for a given rate of return, by optimizing the allocation of assets.

Correlation Coefficient

A statistic in which the covariance is scaled to a value between −1 (perfect negative correlation) and +1 (perfect positive correlation).

Minimum Variance Portfolio

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Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the dispersion or variability of a set of data points or investment returns around their mean (average).