INVESTMENTS(LL)W/CONNECT
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Author: Bodie
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To select: The correct options for the first alternative investment.
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The investment opportunities can be of two types. The first type of investment opportunity is to invest in a risky asset which has positive risk premium and the return of the two years. The second type of the investment opportunity is to invest in a first year of the risky asset and after than continue as risk-free asset.
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