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1.
A fund's turnover rate is usually calculated _______.
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Once a year. As a rule, turnover rates are calculated yearly.
2.
A fund's number of holdings tells you how much per-issue risk a fund is taking on.
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True. Funds with fewer holdings are more vulnerable to troubles in one or two stocks than funds with more holdings are. Sector weightings reveal a fund's sector risk, while P/E and P/B ratios relative to a fund's peers reflect price risk.
3.
Price risk is the risk that securities will cost too much.
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False. Price risk is the risk that securities will be overvalued by the market.
4.
The large differences in size among funds in the "small-cap" section of the Morningstar style box mean that _______.
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Some will outperform others at times. Some funds will perform better than others during market conditions that favor the companies they hold.
5.
In the language of sector investing, the stock 'super-sectors' are divided into _______.
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Cyclical, sensitive, and defensive. Each of these super-sectors breaks down into smaller ones.