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Question 1
Cutting losses is not a theme of risk management.
Capital allocation, diversification, and derivatives are the main themes of risk management.
Question 2
Derivatives can completely hedge against catastrophic losses (but it is going to be costly to hedge completely).
Eg. Buy a put option against the long position in stocks.
Derivatives are complex to understand.
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Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
1.
An investor can eliminate virtually all diversifiable risk if
he or she holds a very large, well-diversified portfolio of
stocks.
2.
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3.
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stock.
4.
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QUESTION 18
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
1.
An investor can eliminate virtually all diversifiable risk if
he or she holds a very large, well-diversified portfolio of
stocks.
2.
Once a portfolio has about 40 stocks, adding additional stocks
will not reduce its risk by even a small amount.
3.
It is impossible to have a situation where the market risk of
a single stock is less than that of a portfolio that includes the
stock.
4.
An...
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