Which of the Following Investors Would Mostly Prefer Conservative Investments

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following investors would mostly prefer conservative investments with less risk to speculative investments with higher risks?

• A) A 25-year-old single investor with no children with a job that pays $60,000 per year
• B) An unemployed single parent who just received a $300,000 divorce settlement
• C) A 30-year-old who in independently wealthy and has a separate trust fund for day-to-day expenses
• D) A dual-career couple in their 30s with secure jobs whose combined income is $95,000
• E) A healthy 45-year-old who plans to work in his secure job for at least 25 more years

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An Austrian-British psychoanalyst who pioneered the theory and technique of psychoanalytic child therapy and introduced the concept of the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions.

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