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Q. Do you think the following statement is true or false? “Buying a single company stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund.”

Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies Aegon Center for Longevity and Retirement video monitoring devices The “Big Three” financial literacy questions were created by professors Annamaria Lusardi of the George Washington School of Business and Olivia Mitchell, of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Answers: Q1. More than $102 (compound interest). Q2. Less than today (inflation). Q3. False (diversification).

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