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Basic Question 0 of 5
From 1900 to 2008, ______
B. the standard deviation of returns from T-bills was 0.
C. T-bills suffered very little from interest rate risk.
A. T-bills never earned a negative real return in any year.
B. the standard deviation of returns from T-bills was 0.
C. T-bills suffered very little from interest rate risk.
User Contributed Comments 1
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| johntan1979 | pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/histret.html Good reference to see the "risk" of investing in T bills over a long period of time. Not sure why the T bill return in 1938 is not negative as described in the answer. |
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Learning Outcome Statements
describe characteristics of the major asset classes that investors consider in forming portfolios
CFA® 2026 Level I Curriculum, Volume 2, Module 1.