Answer with a clear true/false, and provide a detailed explanation to substantiate your answer:
a. An optimal portfolio should never include assets whose expected return and standard deviation are dominated by other available assets.
b. For the diversification effect to kick in, one needs negatively correlated assets in the portfolio.
c. As more and more assets are added to a portfolio, its total risk would typically fall at a decreasing rate.
Answer with a clear true/false, and provide a detailed explanation to substantiate your answer: a. An...
Statement True False Because of the effects of diversification, the portfolio's risk is likely to be more than the average of all stocks' standard deviations. The unsystematic risk com ponent of the total portfolio risk can be reduced by adding negatively correlated stocks to the portfolio. A portfolio's risk is likely to be smaller than the everage of all stocks' standard deviations, because diversification lowers the portfolio's risk. Portfolio risk will increase if more stocks that are negatively correlated with...
State whether the claim is true or false. Supply a brief explanation for your answer Geographic diversification always allows banks to increase earnings and diversify risk.
please provide detailed explanation with answer 3-10. True or False: (a) If u and v are column vectors in R", then u. v = utv. (b) If A is a square matrix satisfying A2 = 0, then A = 0. (c) If A is a square matrix satisfying A2 = A, then A = EI or A = 0. (d) There is a square matrix A (of any dimension) such that A2 = -1. (e) If A and B are...
Determine wether true or false and provide a brief explanation to your answer: An actin filament will grow as long as actin monomers continue to be added to the plus end.
Answer with True or False only for each of the questions. 1) Ignoring the length of maturity all debt Treasury assets are the same. 2)Bonds can be traded in both Money market and Capital market. 3)Standard and Poor ratings are more reliable that Moody’s ratings. 4)Excluding Treasury bonds, total dollar value of bond market is less than stock market. 5)In riskier economic condition TED spread would be wider. 6)Firms sell their stocks in primary market lower than its real value....
Please only answer questions a, d, and f. Thank you. 1. True/False Explain. If true, provide a brief explanation and if false, provide a counterexample. Choose 3 to answer, if more than 3 are completed I will pick the most convenient 3. Given a sequence {an} with linn→alanF1, it follows that linnn→aA,-1. b. A series whose terms converge to 0 always converges. c. A sequence an converges if for some M< oo, an 2 M and an+1 >an for all...
Please answer with detailed explanation. Answer the following with TRUE or FALSE. It is good practice to justify your answer (a) The absolute difference in the SS E values may be used to assess which of the models fits better (b) If factor A effects are present, we would expect there to be a significant difference in at least one pair-wise comparison of factor A means. (c) The maximum value of a conditional or partial R2 is 1. (d) The...
Evaluate each of the following statements (TRUE/FALSE) and provide a one-two sentence(s) long explanation for your answer (graphs, charts, formulas, and short calculations can be used as an explanation, too). Keep in mind that a statement is false if there is at least one case when the argument does not hold. To receive full credit for each statement, both the answer and the explanation must be correct. 1. Two years ago, you bought a stock that had paid dividend of...
1) Although a proprietorship is not a separate legal entity, a partnership is True False 2) Purchasing supplies on credit increases assets while decreasing liabilities. True False 3)On October 15, Gallery Comp. received $12,500 as a down payment on a consuting contract. The amount was credited to Unearned Consulting Revenue By October 31, 10% of the contract was completed. Gallery Corp. needs to prepare an adjusting entry for $1.250. True False 4) Asset, liability and revenue accounts are not closed...
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