The Following Factors Might Affect Stock Returns

question 52

Multiple Choice

The following factors might affect stock returns:

• A) the business cycle.
• B) interest rate fluctuations.
• C) inflation rates.
• D) all of these.
• E) none of these.

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Definitions:

Unusual Items

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Accounting Principles

Fundamental guidelines or rules that form the basis for accounting practices, such as relevance, reliability, comparability, and consistency.

Quick Ratio

A liquidity measure that indicates a company's ability to cover its short-term liabilities with its most liquid assets.

Percentage Increase

The proportional growth of a quantity over a specific period, calculated as the difference between the final and initial values divided by the initial value, multiplied by 100.