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question 39

Multiple Choice

$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Investiment } A$ $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Investment } B$
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline & \text { Good year } & \text { Bad year } & \text { Good year } & \text { Bad year } \\\hline \text { Probability } & 0.80 & 0.2 & 0.90 & 0.1 \\\hline \text { Pay-off } & 140 & 45 & 110 & 70 \\\hline\end{array}$
-Once a portfolio becomes sufficiently large,the __________ is of greatest importance with respect to risk.

• A) variance of individual asset returns
• B) variance of assetreturns within the same industry
• C) covariance between asset returns within the same industry
• D) covariance between asset returns of all assets in the portfolio

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Definitions:

Future Profits

Expected financial gains or earnings projected for future periods, considering current business operations and market conditions.

Current Profits

The earnings that a company or individual realizes during a specific period, primarily focusing on the present or most recent fiscal period.

Interest Rates

The cost of borrowing money or the compensation for the service and risk of lending money, typically expressed as a percentage.

Random Walk Theory

A theory in finance suggesting that stock market prices evolve according to a random walk and thus cannot be predicted.