Which of the Following Is Not True About Institutional Investors

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true about institutional investors?

• A) Institutions invest their funds by purchasing shares of stock in corporations.
• B) The proportion of institutional ownership of stock in the U.S. has declined slowly since the 1960s.
• C) The U.S. government became an institutional shareholder when it acquired ownership of Citigroup and General Motors during the 2008 and 2009 bailouts.
• D) Institutions accounted for 62 percent of the value of all equities owned in the U.S. in 2005.

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