Last Year,T-Bills Returned 2 Percent While Your Investment in Large-Company

question 51

Multiple Choice

Last year,T-bills returned 2 percent while your investment in large-company stocks earned an average of 5 percent.Which one of the following terms refers to the difference between these two rates of return?

• A)risk premium
• B)geometric return
• C)arithmetic
• D)standard deviation
• E)variance

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Definitions:

Allowance Method

A method in accounting that estimates uncollectible accounts to account for potential bad debts at the conclusion of each period.

Estimated Uncollectible

An accounting term for the prediction of the amount of receivables that will not be collected from customers, also known as allowance for doubtful accounts.

Total Assets

The sum of all current and non-current assets that a company owns, representing the total resources available to the business for use.

Allowance Method

An accounting technique that estimates and anticipates uncollectible accounts receivable and bad debts by establishing an allowance for doubtful accounts.