Low Interest Rates That Have Persisted Since the Financial Crisis

question 142

Multiple Choice

Low interest rates that have persisted since the financial crisis of 2008-09 have provided a net benefit to

• A)pension funds.
• B)retirees.
• C)banks.
• D)savers.
• E)bond investors.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from their mean.

Dividend Yield

The dividend per share divided by the price per share, indicating how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price.

Capital Gain

The profit from the sale of assets or investments when the sale price exceeds the purchase price.

Geometric Average Return

The average rate of return of an investment calculated by multiplying n variables and then taking the n-th root.