Based on an examination of the risk and return data for a variety of alternative investments during the period of 1926-2011, which of the following statements is correct? Over the period of 1926-2011, the general trend of increasing riskiness among the following five assets is: U. S. Treasury bills, U. S. government long-term government bonds, long-term corporate bonds, large-company stocks, and small-company stocks. Over the period of 1926-2011, the general trend of increasing return among the following five assets is: U. S. Treasury bills, long-term corporate bonds, U. S. government long-term bonds, large-company stocks, and small-company stocks. Large-company stocks, rather than small-company stocks, exhibit the greater risk and the greater return. Small-company stocks, rather than long-term corporate bonds, exhibit both the greater return and the greater standard deviation.