Financial Management Final Exam
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The major benefit of diversification is to:

  • Increase the expected return
  • Reduce the portfolio's systematic risk (correct)
  • Reduce the expected risk
  • Remove negative risk assets from the portfolio
  • Stocks that have high financial rewards are generally accompanied by:

  • All of the given choices
  • Low dividend payments because of internally generated growth
  • High dividend payments
  • High risk (correct)
  • A measure that describes the risk of an investment project relative to other investments in general is the:

  • Expected return
  • Coefficient of variation
  • Beta coefficient (correct)
  • Standard deviation
  • A firm with a higher degree of operating leverage when compared to the industry average implies that the:

    <p>Firm's profits are more sensitive to changes in sales volume</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The major benefit of diversification is to:

    <p>Reduce the portfolio's systematic risk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Stocks that have high financial rewards are generally accompanied by:

    <p>High risk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A measure that describes the risk of an investment project relative to other investments in general is the:

    <p>Beta coefficient</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A firm with a higher degree of operating leverage when compared to the industry average implies that the:

    <p>Firm's profits are more sensitive to changes in sales volume</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Financial Management

    Diversification

    • The major benefit of diversification is to reduce the portfolio's systematic risk.

    Investment Risk and Return

    • Stocks with high financial rewards are generally accompanied by high risk.
    • High dividend payments are not necessarily a characteristic of high-reward stocks.

    Investment Risk Measures

    • The beta coefficient is a measure that describes the risk of an investment project relative to other investments in general.
    • The coefficient of variation and standard deviation are alternative measures of risk.
    • The expected return is a measure of investment performance, not risk.

    Operating Leverage

    • A firm with a higher degree of operating leverage has profits that are more sensitive to changes in sales volume.
    • This implies that the firm's profits are more volatile.
    • A higher degree of operating leverage is not necessarily indicative of a more profitable or less risky firm.

    Financial Management

    Diversification

    • The major benefit of diversification is to reduce the portfolio's systematic risk.

    Investment Risk and Return

    • Stocks with high financial rewards are generally accompanied by high risk.
    • High dividend payments are not necessarily a characteristic of high-reward stocks.

    Investment Risk Measures

    • The beta coefficient is a measure that describes the risk of an investment project relative to other investments in general.
    • The coefficient of variation and standard deviation are alternative measures of risk.
    • The expected return is a measure of investment performance, not risk.

    Operating Leverage

    • A firm with a higher degree of operating leverage has profits that are more sensitive to changes in sales volume.
    • This implies that the firm's profits are more volatile.
    • A higher degree of operating leverage is not necessarily indicative of a more profitable or less risky firm.

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