Which of the Following Statements About Markets Is Most Accurate

question 87

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about markets is most accurate?

• A)Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity.
• B)Markets are usually inferior to central planning as a way to organize economic activity.
• C)Markets fail and are therefore not an acceptable way to organize economic activity.
• D)Markets are a good way to organize economic activity in developed nations,but not in less developed nations.

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Definitions:

Adequately Diversified

A portfolio strategy minimizing risk by investing in a wide variety of assets, ensuring that the performance of one investment does not dramatically impact overall portfolio performance.

Portfolio's Beta

A measure of the volatility, or systemic risk, of a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variation in a distribution or set of data, widely used in statistics to gauge the volatility of financial returns.

Equally-weighted Portfolio

An investment portfolio in which all assets are allocated the same proportion of total investment.