Walter Fisher (1984) Argues That ______ Are How We Build

question 51

Multiple Choice

Walter Fisher (1984) argues that ______ are how we build communities and relationships and create our lives.

• A) politics
• B) narratives
• C) occupations
• D) families

Understand the concept of the investor's choice problem, including the trade-offs between risk and expected return, and how budget lines are used to describe these trade-offs.

Recognize the impact of behavioral biases such as overconfidence, over-optimism, and over-precision on investor decisions and market phenomena like bubbles.

Identify the characteristics and causes of the Internet bubble of 1995-2000.

Understand how the slope and intercept of the budget line relate to investor choices and the characteristics of risk-free and risky assets.

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Definitions:

Immediate Payoff

A benefit or reward that is received right away, without delay.

Society

A group of individuals living together in a more or less ordered community, sharing common traditions, institutions, and values.

Stock Split

Current shareholders are given some number (or fraction) of shares for each share owned. Thus, in a three-for-one split, each shareholder would receive three new shares in exchange for each old share, thereby tripling the number of shares outstanding. Stock splits usually occur when the stock price is outside of the optimal trading range.

Shares

Units of ownership interest in a corporation or financial asset, providing an equal distribution in any profits, if any are declared, in the form of dividends.