The Best Assessment of the Performance of Your Selection of Stocks

question 47

Multiple Choice

The best assessment of the performance of your selection of stocks is to compare the returns to

• A)the average gains or losses you had in the last five years.
• B)the average returns of GICs.
• C)a comparable stock index during the same period.
• D)the prime rate set by the Bank of Canada.

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Definitions:

Health Care

The maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of diseases, illnesses, injuries, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

Dating Violence

A pattern of abusive or coercive behaviors used by one individual to exert power and control over another in the context of a dating relationship.

Gender

A social construct referring to roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.

Per Capita

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