Which One of the Following Categories of Securities Has Had

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following categories of securities has had the most volatile returns over the period 1926-2010?

• A)long-term corporate bonds
• B)large-company stocks
• C)intermediate-term government bonds
• D)U.S. Treasury bills
• E)small-company stocks

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Definitions:

Probability

The likelihood or chance of an event occurring, ranging from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Given Information

Any data, facts, instructions, or starting points provided as the basis for understanding or making decisions.

P(A / B)

A conditional probability representing the likelihood of event A occurring given that B has occurred.

Complement

The subset of outcomes in the universal set that are not in the specified event, often used in probability.