Question 1
Premises: If interest rates rise, bond prices fall. If bond prices fall, investors lose money. The Federal Reserve announced a rate hike yesterday. Bond prices dropped 5% today.
1. The rate hike caused bond prices to drop
2. Some investors lost money today
3. All investors lost money
Which conclusion is the STRONGEST (most/least strongly supported by the premises)?
The strongest conclusion is: 'Some investors lost money today' because Directly follows: bond prices dropped 5%, so bond investors lost value.