If You Randomly Select Stocks and Add Them to Your

question 144

Multiple Choice

If you randomly select stocks and add them to your portfolio, which of the following statements best describes what you should expect?

• A) Adding more such stocks will increase the portfolio's expected rate of return.
• B) Adding more such stocks will reduce the portfolio's beta coefficient and thus its systematic risk.
• C) Adding more such stocks will have no effect on the portfolio's risk.
• D) Adding more such stocks will reduce the portfolio's market risk but not its unsystematic risk.
• E) Adding more such stocks will reduce the portfolio's unsystematic, or diversifiable, risk.

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Definitions:

Product Usage

The manner in which a consumer uses a product, which can influence product development, marketing strategies, and customer satisfaction.

Market Segment

Refers to the division of the potential market into distinct groups of customers with common needs or characteristics.

Viability

The ability of a business, project, or idea to survive or to sustain itself and achieve long-term success.

Firm's Mission

A statement that defines a company's core purpose, focus, and direction, serving as a guide for its strategies, decisions, and operations.