Strategy Beginner: Introduction to Investment Strategy

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If your investment strategy is risk-averse, you avoid risk whenever possible.
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False. A risk-averse strategy does not seek to avoid risk entirely, but to get the best possible return at the lowest possible risk.
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A reasonably intelligent person who studies the tax code from time to time can probably make good decisions about how to shelter investment income from taxes.
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False. Even the simplest workplace retirement plan can have tax implications that require expert advice.
3.
When interest rates go up, the value of your current bonds on the market _______.
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Goes down. Market prices of bonds tend to have an inverse relationship to interest rates.
4.
Companies that do not pay dividends might be good growth investments.
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True. Often, companies do not pay dividends in order to funnel more profits into growth.
5.
The charge for investing in an annuity or mutual fund is called the ________.
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Load. The load is the charge for buying or selling shares in a mutual fund or annuity.