Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 103

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) The Wilshire 5000 is a stock index that consists of the stocks of about 6,500 firms.
• B) Instead of buying a mutual fund that consists of various stocks picked by a fund manager you can buy a mutual fund that consists of the stocks that make up a particular stock index.
• C) The term Sypders stands for "Standard & Poors Direct Receipts."
• D) When an investor buys Spyders they are said to "buy the market."

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Definitions:

Young-Helmholtz Theory

A theory of color vision proposing that the eye contains three types of color receptors sensitive to red, green, and blue, which can produce the perception of all colors through their combined activity.

Primary Color

A base color that cannot be created by combining other colors in the color spectrum, usually red, blue, and yellow in traditional color theory.

Discriminate

to distinguish or differentiate between things or people based on certain criteria, which can be both positive, such as recognizing differences, and negative, leading to prejudice.

Saturation

The point at which a substance can no longer absorb or dissolve another substance, or in qualitative research, the stage at which no new information is obtained.