The Likelihood of an Investment Newsletter's Successfully Predicting the Direction

question 9

Multiple Choice

The likelihood of an investment newsletter's successfully predicting the direction of the market for three consecutive years by chance should be

• A) between 50% and 70%.
• B) between 25% and 50%.
• C) between 10% and 25%.
• D) less than 10%.
• E) greater than 70%.

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