Last year, T-bills returned 1 percent while your investment in large-company stocks earned an average of 11 percent. Which one of the following terms refers to the difference between these two rates of return? A. risk premium B. geometric return C. arithmetic D. standard deviation E. variance
Answer : A. risk premium
Note:
T-bills returns = Risk free Rate of return
The large-company stocks returns = Market return
Risk premium = (Market return - Risk free Rate of return)
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