Historical Records Regarding Return on Stocks, Treasury Bonds, and Treasury

question 14

Multiple Choice

Historical records regarding return on stocks, Treasury bonds, and Treasury bills between 1926 and 2012 show that

• A)stocks offered investors greater rates of return than bonds and bills.
• B)stock returns were less volatile than those of bonds and bills.
• C)bonds offered investors greater rates of return than stocks and bills.
• D)bills outperformed stocks and bonds.
• E)Treasury bills always offered a rate of return greater than inflation.

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