Recession, Inflation, and High Interest Rates Are Economic Events That

Multiple Choice

Recession, inflation, and high interest rates are economic events that are best characterized as being

A) company-specific risk factors that can be diversified away.
B) among the factors that are responsible for market risk.
C) risks that are beyond the control of investors and thus should not be considered by security analysts or portfolio managers.
D) irrelevant except to governmental authorities like the Federal Reserve.
E) systematic risk factors that can be diversified away.