Portfolio Risk Can Be Reduced Through Diversification Only If the Returns

question 65

True/False

Portfolio risk can be reduced through diversification only if the returns of the loans in the portfolio are negatively correlated.

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Definitions:

Tax Shifting

The transfer of the burden of a tax from the entity legally responsible for paying it to another party, often consumers, through higher prices.

Tax Evasion

The illegal practice of not paying taxes by not reporting income, reporting expenses not legally allowed, or by not paying taxes owed.

Corporate Profits Tax

A tax imposed on the income or profit earned by corporations.

Equilibrium

A state of balance or stability within a system, where all forces acting upon the system are equal and opposite, leading to no net change.