(Last Word) Before Being Adjusted for Costs

question 156

Multiple Choice

(Last Word) Before being adjusted for costs,

• A) actively managed funds outperform index funds.
• B) actively managed funds and index funds perform about the same.
• C) index funds outperform actively managed funds.
• D) arbitrage equalizes the average expected rates of return and beta levels on index and actively managed funds.

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Definitions:

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