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Owning two securities instead of one will not reduce the risk taken by an investor if the two securities are______________.

A. perfectly positively correlated with each other

B. perfectly independent of each other

C. perfectly negatively correlated with each other

D. of the same category, eg blue chips

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Owning two securities instead of one will not reduce the risk taken by an investor if the two securities are perfectly positively correlated with each other. The term "security" is a fungible, negotiable financial instrument that holds some type of monetary value. It represents an ownership position in a publicly-traded corporation via stock a creditor relationship with a governmental body or a corporation represented by owning that entity's bond or rights to ownership as represented by an option.

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