Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) A real market might also differ from the perfect market because of the possibly frequent event of a temporary imbalance in the number of buy and sell orders that investors may place for any security at any one time.
• B) An unmatched or unbalanced flow of buy and sell orders causes a problem in that the security's price may change abruptly, even if there has been no shift in either supply or demand for the security.
• C) The fact of imbalances in buy and sell orders cannot explain the need for the dealer or market maker, who stands ready and willing to buy a financial asset for its own account (to add to an inventory of the financial asset) or sell from its own account (to reduce the inventory of the financial asset).
• D) An unmatched or unbalanced flow of buy and sell orders causes a problem in that buyers may have to pay higher than market-clearing prices (or sellers accept lower ones) if they want to make their trade immediately.

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