Personal Finance
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781337669214
Author: GARMAN
Publisher: Cengage
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If you wish to create a portfolio of stocks, you would need to invest Blank______.
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in the stocks of at least five corporations
in the stocks of at least thirty corporations
in the stocks of at least two corporations
in the stocks of at least ten corporations
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