Refer to Figure 27-4. Which of the following statements is correct?

A) At point A the standard deviation of the portfolio is 3.
B) A risk averse person always will choose to be at point A.
C) At point D the portfolio consists of about 15 percent stocks and 85 percent safe assets.
D) The figure shows that the greater the risk, the greater the return.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability in a set of data, indicating how much individual data points diverge from the mean value.

Risk Averse

A description of an individual or entity that prefers to avoid risk and would choose a certain outcome over a gamble with a potentially higher, but uncertain, return.

Portfolio

A group of investment vehicles comprising stocks, bonds, commodities, as well as cash and its equivalents, together with mutual funds and ETFs.