Bonds differ from stocks in all of these ways except
A. a purchase of corporate stock becomes a part owner of the corporation, while a bondholder does not.
B. bondholders loan money to the corporation, which has priority for repayment, while stockholders may lose their investment.
C. stockholders know with a high degree of certainty how much money they will get, while bondholders do not.
D. All of these responses are correct.
Answer: C
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