Which one of the following statements about foreign investments is true? Group of answer choices Foreign markets include equity securities only. In general, major foreign markets always tend to under perform the U.S. market. Investing in foreign markets will always produce higher returns because of exchange rate fluctuations. Foreign markets tend to be riskier than the U.S. market.
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