Which of the following securities could NOT have any benefits for diversification with your investment portfolio?

A) Treasury bills with a correlation coefficient of 0.0 with your portfolio
B) Alpha Company stock that has a correlation coefficient of -0.25 with your portfolio
C) Beta Company stock that has a correlation coefficient of 0.50 with your portfolio
D) All of these choices would reduce risk for your portfolio and therefore show at least some benefit to diversification.


Answer: D

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