Investing in Two Assets with a Correlation Coefficient of -

question 7

Multiple Choice

Investing in two assets with a correlation coefficient of -.5 will reduce what kind of risk?

• A) market risk
• B) nondiversifiable risk
• C) systematic risk
• D) unique risk

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