Suppose two competing railroad companies agreed to fix shipping rates at a level that benefited both. What is this kind of voluntary arrangement called? A holding company A monopoly A trust A pool

A trust

Explanation:

Two railroad companies agreeing to fix prices would be a form of trust (that is to say, subject to anti-trust laws), and more specifically, it would be both price-fixing and cartelization.

This is highly uncompetitive behaviour that is prohibited by US law. The reason is that competition is supposed to benefit the customers by the offering of more efficient services at lower prices, while price fixing and other turst practices do the opposite: they keep prices artificially high, and can lead to reductions in service quality, like in a monopoly market structure.

answer: a

explanation:  

stocks and bonds are the two main classes of assets investors use in their portfolios. stocks offer an ownership stake in a company, while bonds are akin to loans made to a company (a corporate bond) or other organization (like the u.s. treasury). in general, stocks are considered riskier and more volatile than bonds.

savings accounts are just money in a bank- they are insured by the fdic for up to 250,000.   very little risk

the average mutual fund holds hundreds of different securities, which means mutual fund shareholders gain important diversification at a low price. which means if one stock or bond drops it will have very little affect on the mutual fund - again very little risk

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