A stock-based mutual funds is the averse investment that Carlos would be most likely to invest on.
A risk averse person is someone who does not like taking too much risk, it is an opposite of risk-taker.
The stock-based mutual funds is the risk-averse investment and yield only an average-return compared to other investment.
Therefore, the Option A is correct.
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