In an efficient market, professional portfolio management can offer all of the following benefits except which of the following? A. A superior risk-return trade-off
B. Low-cost diversification
C. A targeted risk level
D. Low-cost record keeping

A. A superior risk-return trade-off

Explanation:

In a normal and efficient market a professional portfolio management service is able to offer  Low-cost diversification, A targeted risk level, and even a Low-cost record keeping. What they cannot offer is a superior risk-return trade-off, this is because risk-return holds a very correlated trade-off in which the higher amount of risk your portfolio holds the higher returns you can get from it, but this does not get rid of the risk which can cause you to lose all of your money. Therefore "superior" is unnachievable.

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

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