Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. Investments with higher volatility have rewarded investors with higher average returns. B. Volatility seems to be a reasonable measure of risk when evaluating returns on large portfolios and the returns of individual securities. C. Riskier investments must offer investors higher average returns to compensate them for the extra risk they are taking on. D. Investments with higher volatility should have a higher risk premium and, therefore, higher returns.

B. Volatility seems to be a reasonable measure of risk when evaluating returns on large portfolios and the returns of individual securities.

Explanation: Over time, investment with high degree of volatility, which refers to the rapid unpredictability associated with the price or value of an investment seems to have ditched out higher returns and risk premium on those investment to investors in other to reward them for making such unpredictable investment. This said, the risk associated with an investment plays a huge factor in determining the average return issued to investors as higher risk investment attracts higher returns. However, when evaluating large portfolios and return of individual securities, volatility such not be used as a reasonable determinant of the risk associated with such investment as the large portfolios and individual securities are usually prone to unpredictability which should not be translated to the probability that such investment will result in loss of capital.

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