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1:34 . LTE 514 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. An investor can eliminate virtually all market risk if he or she holds a very large and well diversified portfolio of stocks. b. The higher the correlation between the stocks in a portfolio, the lower the risk inherent in the portfolio. C. An investor can eliminate virtually all diversifiable risk if he or she holds a very large, well diversified portfolio of stocks. d. It is impossible to have a situation where the market risk of a single stock is less than that of a portfolio that includes the stock. e. Once a portfolio has about 40 stocks, adding additional stocks will not reduce its risk by even a small amount. Inflation, recession, and high interest rates are economic events that are best characterized as being a. systematic risk factors that can be diversified away. b. among the factors that are responsible for market risk. c. company-specific risk factors that can be diversified away. d. risks that are beyond the control of investors and thus should not be considered by security analysts or portfolio managers. e. irrelevant except to governmental authorities like the Federal Reserve. In a portfolio of three randomly selected stocks, which of the following could NOT be true, i.e., leet02-xythos.content.blackboardcdn.com - Private