In the Internet Search Market

question 74

Multiple Choice

In the Internet search market,

• A)Yahoo, Bing, and Google have roughly equal market shares.
• B)the Herfindahl index value is 10,000.
• C)Google holds about 63 percent of the market, while Bing and Yahoo together hold about 36 percent.
• D)government subsidies ensure that search engines are provided at no cost to all Internet users.

Know how to find the risk-free rate and market risk premium from given data.

Understand the concept of beta and its relation to an asset's expected return.

Grasp the fundamental principles of portfolio diversification and its benefits.

Learn the method to compute the standard deviation of returns for both individual assets and portfolios.

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