All of the Following Are Thought to Contribute to a Higher

question 73

Multiple Choice

All of the following are thought to contribute to a higher risk for cancer except :

• A) high fruit and vegetable intake.
• B) high fat intake.
• C) excessive alcohol intake.
• D) low calcium intake.

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Definitions:

Capital Asset Pricing Model

A model that describes the relationship between systematic risk and expected return for assets, particularly stocks, used in finance to price risky securities.

William Sharpe

An economist who created the Sharpe Ratio, a measure to calculate risk-adjusted return.

SML (Security Market Line)

A line in the Capital Asset Pricing Model that shows the relationship between the expected return of a security and its risk.

Risk Averse

A tendency to prefer certainty over uncertain outcomes to minimize exposure to financial loss.