During the most recent recession, many people temporarily lost substantial value in their retirement investment portfolios because most of the assets (including stocks, bonds, and real estate) all declined in value at the same time
In hindsight, what was the problem with these portfolios? A) The portfolios were not adequately diversified because the assets were negatively correlated, so all of the assets had negative returns at the same time.
B) The portfolios were not adequately diversified because the assets were more positively correlated than expected, so all of the assets had negative returns at the same time.
C) The portfolios were adequately diversified, but the assets should have been more positively correlated to protect against recession risk.
D) The investors should not have diversified their investments to protect against recession risk.
B
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If the natural rate of unemployment in a country is 6% and the unemployment rate in the country is 8%, the cyclical unemployment in the country must be:
A) 8%. B) 6%. C) 14%. D) 2%.
Because there is a trade-off between total output and equality of income distribution,
a. greater equality of distribution will generally result in higher levels of output. b. greater output is generally associated with more equal distribution. c. policies designed to increase output will only succeed if distribution is more equal. d. policies intended to expand output must necessarily fail. e. policies designed to equalize distribution may adversely affect the size of output.