Which of the Following Is Considered by Economists to Be

question 210

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is considered by economists to be the most fundamentally scarce?

• A)Money
• B)Ideas
• C)Needs
• D)Food
• E)Physical resources

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Definitions:

In-the-money

Describes an option with intrinsic value; for a call option, when the underlying asset's price is above the strike price; for a put option, when it's below.

Put Option

A financial contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell an underlying asset at a specified price within a certain timeframe.

Exercise Price

Exercise price is the specified price at which the holder of an option can buy (call) or sell (put) the underlying security or commodity.

Volatility

A statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index.