Which of the Following Types of Assets Is Least Risky

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following types of assets is least risky?

• A)Short-term corporate bonds
• B)Long-term corporate bonds.
• C)Stocks.
• D)Options and futures.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A measure of the dispersion or variation in a distribution, indicating how spread out the values are from the mean.

Frequency Table

A table that displays the frequencies of different data categories, showing how often each category occurs in the dataset.

Mound-Shaped Distribution

Another term for a normal distribution, characterized by its bell-shaped curve that is symmetrical around the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values in the set differ from the mean.