Which of the Following Is Not True About Institutional Investors

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true about institutional investors?

A) Institutions invest their funds by purchasing shares of stock in corporations.
B) The proportion of institutional ownership of stock in the U.S. has declined slowly since the 1960s.
C) The U.S. government became an institutional shareholder when it acquired ownership of Citigroup and General Motors during the 2008 and 2009 bailouts.
D) Institutions accounted for 62 percent of the value of all equities owned in the U.S. in 2005.