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Saving and Investing Answers

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Long-term investments are usually purchased and held for .

A
longer than 5 years
B
less than 5 years
C
exactly 10 years
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Mutual funds use money from to buy .

A
government bonds
B
different assets
C
many investors
3

Mutual funds use money from to buy .

A
many different assets
B
consumer products
C
factors of production
4

Stocks represent a company.

A
employment with
B
ownership in
C
loans to
6

Which statement best describes the relationship between risk and investments?

A
Stocks in foreign companies are low-risk investments.
B
Government bonds are high-risk investments.
C
Investments with higher risk have guaranteed rates of return.
D
Investments with higher risk have higher expected rates of return.
7

How do investors benefit from diversification?

A
Investors buy only long-term, high-risk investments.
B
Investors focus their investments on the most popular assets.
C
Diversification makes it more difficult for businesses to fail.
D
Diversification spreads risk across different industries and assets.
8

Which statements describe short-term investments? Choose three correct answers.They are difficult to change into cash.They come with little or no risk.They have lower rates of return.They require less cash than others.They require large amounts of money.

A
They are difficult to change into cash.
B
They come with little or no risk.
C
They have lower rates of return.
D
They require less cash than others.
E
They require large amounts of money.
10

Savings and money market accounts are both .

A
insured by the government
B
difficult to convert to cash
C
guaranteed high rates of return

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