If Borrowing Occurred at a Rate Greater Than the Rate

question 36

Multiple Choice

If borrowing occurred at a rate greater than the rate at which risk free lending can be conducted, the efficient set becomes divided into which of the following three segments?

• A) a straight line between the lending rate on the return axis and tangent to the curved Markowitz efficient set
• B) the set to the northwest of the set composed of the lending rate and tangency to the efficient set
• C) the portion of the curved Markowitz efficient set that lies between the two tangency portfolios
• D) the set that lies below the straight line between the lending rate on the return axis and tangent to the curved Markowitz efficient set

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