When an investment advisor attempts to determine an investor's risk tolerance, which factor would they be least likely to assess?

A. 0.087; 0.06

B. 0.087; 0.12

C. 0.114; 0.12

D. 0.795; 0.14

E. 0.295; 0.12

A. the security's variance.

B. minimum required utility of the portfolio.

C. investor's return requirement.

D. investor's aversion to risk.

E. certainty-equivalent rate of the portfolio

A. an investor's risk tolerance is decreasing.

B. borrowing rate exceeding lending rate.

C. increase in the portfolio proportion of the risk-free asset.

D. reward-to-volatility ratio increasing.

E. a flawed theory

A. maximizes her expected utility.

B. maximizes her expected profit.

C. minimizes both her risk and return.

D. minimizes her risk.

E. maximizes her risk

A. They only accept risky investments that offer risk premiums over the risk- free rate.

B. They only care about the rate of return and accept investments that are fair games.

C. They only care about the rate of return.

D. They accept investments that are fair games.

E. They are willing to accept lower returns and high risk.

A. I and II only

B. II, III, and IV only

C. II and III only

D. I only

E. II only

A. will increase as the rate of return increases.

B. will decrease as the rate of return increases.

C. will decrease as the standard deviation decreases.

D. will increase as the variance increases.

E. will decrease as the variance decreases.