Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 73

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) Firm-specific news is good or bad news about the company itself.
• B) Firms are affected by both systematic and firm-specific risk.
• C) When firms carry both types of risk, only the firm-specific risk will be diversified when we combine many firms' stocks into a portfolio.
• D) The risk premium for a stock is affected by its idiosyncratic risk.

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