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Answer to question A:
- The Treasury Bills and Bonds are risk-free securities generally fully-backed by central or state governments.
- Stocks, on the other hand, might not give positive returns in the time-frame a treasury bill or bond matures.
- Although, the returns on the stock could be much higher than returns on a T-Bill or T-Bond, returns on stocks are not guaranteed.
- Rational investors tend to be risk-averse i.e. they would rather be better-off than be worse-off and invest in guaranteed low-return T-Bills rather than investing in stocks where return are not guaranteed.
- Hence, I do not agree with the statement mentioned.
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