In 2008, the Bear Stearns Company collapsed could not be saved and was sold to JP Morgan Chase for $10 per share, a price far below its pre-crisis 52-week high of $133.20 per share
Prior to the collapse, many of the company's employees had all of their retirement money invested only in Bear Stearns common stock. This was a very risky financial strategy for just such a reason: What if the company dissolves? What financial principle from Chapter 1 did they need to understand better?
A) Risk and return go hand in hand.
B) Nothing happens without a plan.
C) The time value of money
D) Stuff happens, the importance of liquidity.
Answer: A
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