Basics Beginner: Creating a Portfolio

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Investment advisors suggest increasing the number of fixed-income securities in your portfolio as you age because _______.
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Advanced age makes it difficult to regain losses from more volatile investments such as stocks. Having fixed-income securities in your portfolio can reduce this problem.
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Investment risk is the risk that one may never have enough resources to begin investing.
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False. Investment risk is the chance of loss due to the uncertainty of future events.
3.
By first _______, you can comfortably allocate a desired amount of money to investing.
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Taking an inventory of what you own. This will help you figure how much cash you have available to invest.
4.
There are mutual funds that change the amounts of their holdings to keep up with market changes.
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True. These funds are called asset allocation funds. They use formulas to change their allocations.
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When a financial advisor says, "Let's talk about risk and how much you can deal with," he or she is talking about _______.
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Risk tolerance. Risk tolerance is the amount of risk with which you are comfortable.
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Investment portfolios can be called efficient when they ________.
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Contain the best possible mixes of assets for a specific risk level and return. Efficiency is relative to the kind of objective that you are trying to fulfill.