Which of the following statements is true?
A) Two assets that are perfectly negatively correlated can produce a portfolio with zero variance.
B) Adding an asset to a portfolio by random selection will reduce the risk of a portfolio.
C) Adding a riskless security to a portfolio will increase its overall risk.
D) The amount of risk reduction that can be achieved by adding a new security to an existing portfolio increases as the correlation between the expected returns of the new security and the expected returns on the existing portfolio increases.
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Q28: An 'efficient' portfolio is one that:
A)combines assets
Q29: The efficient frontier:
A)includes those portfolios that offer
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Q34: Risk aversion implies that:
A)an investor will prefer
Q35: A risk-neutral investor attaches:
A)increasing utility to each
Q36: Calculate the expected return from a portfolio
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