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Commerce · Q718

Financial Management

Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 718

Q718

Negative minimum risk portfolio of any security shows that market security sold

A.
less than original price
Answer
B.
greater than original price
C.
equal to original price
D.
equal to sum of stocks

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Negative minimum risk portfolio of any security shows that market security sold less than original price. Assets that have a negative correlation with each other produce negative portfolio variance. Variance is one measure of the volatility of an asset. An asset with higher variance also carries greater risk.