Hedge Funds Report Average Returns in December That Are Higher

question 5

Multiple Choice

Hedge funds report average returns in December that are higher than their average returns in other months.This phenomenon __________.
I.is called the Santa effect
II.often results from over generous valuation of illiquid assets
III.appears stronger for lower-liquidity funds
IV.can be explained by managers' attempts to inflate assets to collect higher performance bonuses

• A) I only
• B) I and II only
• C) I, II, and III only
• D) I, II, III, and IV

Understand the concept of probability and how it quantifies the likelihood of events.

Identify and calculate the outcomes of random experiments with or without replacement.

Apply the concept of independence and the role of disjoint events in probability theory.

Calculate probabilities in the context of both discrete and continuous random variables.

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