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A systematic risk is a risk which affects all the stocks of the economy. For example, risk of rise in interest rate and inflation affects the entire economy and not just one stock. A systematic risk CANNOT be diversified away through portfolio.
An unsystematic risk is specific to a company. For example, bad management or breakdown of a machinery is specific to a firm. This does not affect the whole economy. An unsystematic risk can be diversified away using portfolio.
QUESTIONS 1. What is the difference between nondiversifiable (systematic) risk and diversifabe (unsystematic) risk?...
What type of risk can be eliminated in a well diversified portfolio? unsystematic market undiversifiable systematic
What type of risk can never be diversified away? systematic risk unsystematic risk total risk All of the above
The scroll down options are 1. systematic/unsystematic risk 2. systematic/unsystematic risk 3. standard deviation/risk aversion 4. correlation coefficient/diversification Risk is the potential for an investment to generate more than one return. A security that will produce only one known return is referred to as a risk- free asset, as there is no potential for deviation from the known expected outcome. Investments that have the chance of producing more than one possible outcome are called risky assets. Risk, or potential variability...
QUESTION 23 What does beta measure? a. Unsystematic Risk. b. Systematic Risk. c. Equity Risk Premium. d. Total Risk. QUESTION 24 Which of the following is an advantage of an indexed equity mutual fund as compared to a managed equity fund? a. Indexed funds have lower operating costs because of less stock trading. b. Indexed funds generally have better portfolio managers. c. Indexed funds engage in more research than managed funds. d. Index funds generally have less systematic risk compared...
Questions about risk Define unsystematic risk Name and explain the two sources of unsystematic risk Define systematic risk Name and explain two sources of systematic risk Beta coefficient Explain the concept of the beta coefficient Suppose that the stock for Alphabet Inc, an american Technology conglomerate, had a beta coefficient of 1.3. If the return on as a whole will be 10% over the next year, what will be the return on investment over the next year? (assuming...
Explain the difference between unique risk and market risk Explain what diversification is; can you diversify unique risk, market risk, or both? Is standard deviation a measure of total or relative risk? The capital asset pricing model has a parameter called beta, explain what beta measures. Is it true that higher asset volatility should imply higher returns? The S&P 500 is a very diversified portfolio, if diversification helps lower risk, why is it that it fell by around 40% during...
john c hull risk management 1.4 What is the difference between systematic and nonsystematic risk? Which is more important to an equity investor? Which can lead to the bankruptcy of a corporation? 1.5 Outline the arguments leading to the conclusion that all investors should choose the same portfolio of risky investments. What are the key assumptions? 1.6 The expected return on the market portfolio is 12% and the risk-free rate is 6%. What is the expected return on an investment...
Dropdown options: 1-risk/return 2-equal to/greater or less than 3-self contained/stand-alone 4-variance/standard deviation 5-variance/beta coefficient 6-diversifiable/non-diversiable 7-is/ is not 8-diversifiable/non-diversifiable 9-random/non random 10-decreasing/increasing 11-2000+/500 12-reduces/increases 13-systematic of market/unsystematic or company-specific 14-diversifiable/non diversifiable 1. Basic concepts - Risk and return Professor Isadore (Izzy) Invest-a-Lot retired two years ago from Exceptional College, a small liberal arts college in North Carolina after teaching corporate finance and investment theory for 35 years. Yesterday, Izzy appear on EC LIVE, a television show produced for the students,...
Risk and return Suppose Yvette is choosing how to allocate her portfolio between two asset classes: risk-free government bonds and a risky group of diversified stocks. The following table shows the risk and return associated with different combinations of stocks and bonds. Combination Fraction of Portfolio in Diversified Stocks Average Annual Return Standard Deviation of Portfolio Return (Risk) (Percent) (Percent) (Percent) A 0 2.00 0 B 25 4.50 5 C 50 7.00 10 D 75 9.50 15 E 100 12.00...
How to construct a risk-free portfolio using two assets? Find two assets with correlation between them equal to -1 Find two assets with correlation between them equal to 1 Find two assets with correlation between them bigger than 0 but smaller than 1 Find two assets with correlation between them bigger than -1 but smaller than 0 Stock A and B are identical in terms of their expected cash flows. Investors like stock A more than stock B today for...