According to the Text, What Are the Criteria for Effective

question 91

Multiple Choice

According to the text, what are the criteria for effective objectives?

• A)specific, realistic, and consistent
• B)measurable, specific, and consistent
• C)consistent, specific, and measurable
• D)specific, realistic, and measurable
• E)specific, realistic, and obtainable

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Definitions:

Portfolio

A portfolio containing various financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, commodities, plus cash and cash equivalents, in addition to closed-end funds and ETFs.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean, commonly used to quantify the amount of variation.

Stock

A kind of financial instrument that indicates possession in a company and symbolizes a right to a portion of the firm's assets and profits.

Beta

A measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market; a beta greater than 1 indicates higher than average market volatility.