Question

One of the easiest methods of diversifying away firm-specific risks is to: Multiple Choice build a portfolio with 40 to 55 individual stocks. buy only stocks with a beta of 1.0. purchase stocks that plot above the security market line. purchase the shares of an index fund.

Answer 1

Option D. purchase the shares of a Index fund.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason is that the index funds are itself a mutual fund investment and they follow preset rules which helps an ordinary investor to understand those rules easily. Furthermore, they are already a diversified investment, hence investing in the shares of mutual fund makes the investment risk diversified investment.