Which of the Following Is True

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A)More than 87 million individual Americans own mutual funds.
• B)Nearly half of all U.S.households own mutual funds.
• C)There are more than 12,000 mutual funds available.
• D)By the end of 2009,the combined value of assets held by mutual funds exceeded 12.2 trillion dollars.
• E)all of the other answers

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