Which of the following statements is false? a. investors often make the mistake of putting all of their "eggs in one basket." b. diversification in an investment portfolio is one way to lessen the risk factor. c. the amount of time a specific investment has to work is of little importance when choosing the investment alternative. d. younger investors tend to invest a large percentage of their nest egg in growth-oriented investments.

C. The amount of time a specific investment has to work is of little importance when choosing the investment alternative.

Explanation:

The amount of time that a specific investment as to work is very important when you are choosing the investment alternative, sometimes projects can take too much time, while your money is just "sitting" there and you can´t make new investments. Also short time, high reward investments tend to have a very large risk factor, as well as the long time high reward, usually the best investments or safer are the long term, low paying because those are more secure investments.

b is the correct answer

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