A Stock Has an Expected Return of 12 Percent and a Standard

question 9

Multiple Choice

A stock has an expected return of 12 percent and a standard deviation of 20 percent.Long-term Treasury bonds have an expected return of 9 percent and a standard deviation of 15 percent.Given this data,which of the following statements is correct?

• A) The two assets have the same coefficient of variation.
• B) The stock investment has a better risk-return trade-off.
• C) The bond investment has a better risk-return trade-off.
• D) Both investments have the same diversifiable risk.

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Definitions:

Time Horizon

The length of time over which an investment, project, or policy is intended or expected to operate or have an impact.

Demand Curve

A demand curve is a graphical representation that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers over a certain period.

Law of Supply

An economic principle stating that as the price of a good or service increases, the quantity supplied of that good or service also increases, all else being equal.

Price-Elasticity

A measure of the responsiveness of demand or supply of a good or service to changes in its price.