Multiple Choice
Which statement about portfolio diversification is correct?
A) Proper diversification can eliminate systematic risk.
B) The risk-reducing benefits of diversification do not occur meaningfully until at least 50-60 individual securities have been purchased.
C) Because diversification reduces a portfolio's total risk, it necessarily reduces the portfolio's expected return.
D) Typically, as more securities are added to a portfolio, total risk would be expected to decrease at a
E) None of the statements are correct.
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