Which of the following statements is true? a. if a portfolio has a positive investment in every asset, the standard deviation on the portfolio can be less than that on every asset in the portfolio. b. labor strikes and part shortages are examples of market-wide systematic risks. c. market-wide systematic risks can be significantly reduced by diversification. d. asset-specific unsystematic risks can be substantially reduced with less numerous and less correlated assets in a portfolio.

the national environmental policy act (nepa) is a united states environmental law that promotes the enhancement of the environment and established the president's council on environmental quality (ceq). the law was enacted on january 1, 1970. to date, more than 100 nations around the world have enacted national environmental policies modeled after nepa.

when a reversible reaction is occurring in both directions at the same rate; the products and reactants do not change in concentration. a chemical reaction where the compound is broken into its constituent parts.

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.