An Investor May Reduce Risk by Simultaneously Purchasing a Stock

question 83

True/False

An investor may reduce risk by simultaneously purchasing a stock and a put option.

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Definitions:

Drop-In-The-Bucket Problem

A problem intrinsic to public goods: The good or service is usually so costly that its provision generally does not depend on whether any single person pays.

Public Goods

Goods or services that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they are freely available to all and used by one person does not reduce availability to others.

Positive Externality

A benefit received by a third party resulting from an economic transaction in which they were not involved.

Public Good

An offering of goods or services to society's members at no cost, supplied by the government or private parties, aiming not to generate profit.