Multiple Choice
If a U.S. firm needs dollars but borrows a foreign currency portfolio, the uncertainty of the portfolio's effective financing rate will be highest if the correlations between currencies in the portfolio are ____ and the individual volatility of each currency is ____.
A) high; low
B) high; high
C) low; low
D) low; high
Correct Answer:

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