According to the "Reaching Beyond Our Borders" Box in Chapter

question 328

Multiple Choice

According to the "Reaching Beyond Our Borders" box in Chapter 19, one way to reduce the risk of investing in the global financial market is to:

• A)trade securities with brokers in the foreign country in which you desire to invest.
• B)invest a significant portion of your portfolio in emerging countries with great growth potential.
• C)diversify by investing in countries that have a history of political instability.
• D)consider mutual funds as opposed to individual stocks of foreign companies.

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Definitions:

Potential Capacity

The maximum output or performance that a system or entity could achieve under ideal conditions.

Mechanical Hard Drive

A data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material.

Hyperthreading

A technology that permits quicker processing of information by enabling a new set of instructions to start executing before the previous set has finished.

Information Processing

The handling, organizing, and manipulation of data by computer systems or the human brain.