Imagine you are a consultant who has been asked to summarize the strengths and weaknesses of customaria, a nation with a pure traditional economy. which of the following would you include in your report as weaknesses of customaria's economy? check all that apply. a. the participants in the economy are slow to adopt new beneficial technologies. b. the economy produces few innovative products. c. wealth does not get redistributed to the needy. d. people express more dissatisfaction with their lives than those in other economies.

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.