Show Graphically the Relationships That You Would Expect to Find

question 31

Essay

Show graphically the relationships that you would expect to find between (a) student IQs and grade point averages (GPAs); (b) the price of a product and the amount consumers will purchase; (c) the temperature and the number of people at the swimming pool.Which of these are direct relationships and which are inverse? What considerations might change the expected relationships?

Understand the impact of macroeconomic and firm-specific events on security returns.

Recognize the limitations of diversification in reducing portfolio risk.

Distinguish between systematic and nonsystematic risk in the context of the single-index model and portfolio management.

Interpret the security characteristic line (SCL) and its components, including alpha and beta.