Which of the Following Financial Intermediaries Has Shown a Preference

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following financial intermediaries has shown a preference for investing in long-term financial assets?

• A)Commercial banks
• B)Insurance companies
• C)Finance companies
• D)Savings-and-loan associations

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data points, calculated as the square root of the variance.

Variance

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points, indicating how much the data varies from the average of that set.

Outliers

Observations in a dataset that significantly differ from the other data points, often indicating variability or errors.

1.5*IQR

A statistical calculation used to identify outliers. It involves multiplying the interquartile range (IQR) by 1.5 and applying this value above the upper quartile and below the lower quartile.