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In most cases, a portfolio’s risk is lower than which measure of its individual assets’ risks?

Correct answer C. Weighted average

Explanation

Because assets are not perfectly positively correlated, their movements partly offset, so portfolio standard deviation is usually below the weighted average of the individual standard deviations.

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