Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861759
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 1CQ

Diversifiable and Nondiversifiable Risks In broad terms, why is some risk diversifiable? Why are some risks nondiversifiable? Does it follow that an investor can control the level of unsystematic risk in a portfolio, but not the level of systematic risk?

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Systematic risk is essential for the complete market or segment. It is otherwise called market risk or undiversifiable risk that has an overall impact. This risk is unavoidable and not predictable. Here, hedging and appropriate strategy of asset allocation works out. While, mitigation with diversification is not possible.

Systematic risk states how one investment supports to the total aggregate risk of business’s financial funding.

Unsystematic risk is otherwise called the diversifiable, residual, non-systematic or specific risk. The proportion of a corporation’s total or aggregate risk which can be reduced through diversified asset portfolio.

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The investor can control risks using the following ways:

Yes, investors can control unsystematic risks. However, they cannot control systematic or market risks.

Diversifiable risks are unsystematic risks. Here, the total aggregate risk is decreased while using diversified asset portfolio. For example, oil spill and product liability of one manufacturer (in specific) can be reduced through diversification.

Systematic risks are non-avoidable and not diversifiable. They can be mitigated using diversification. These risks are unavoidable as it applies to complete segment. For example, Supreme Court decision (market related) and rise in interest rate is not avoidable. Also, this risk cannot be diversified.

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Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)

Ch. 11 - Determining Portfolio Weights What are the...Ch. 11 - Portfolio Expected Return You own a portfolio that...Ch. 11 - Portfolio Expected Return You own a portfolio that...Ch. 11 - Portfolio Expected Return You have 10,000 to...Ch. 11 - Prob. 5QPCh. 11 - Calculating Returns and Standard Deviations Based...Ch. 11 - Calculating Expected Returns A portfolio is...Ch. 11 - Returns and Standard Deviations Consider the...Ch. 11 - Returns and Standard Deviations Consider the...Ch. 11 - Calculating Portfolio Betas You own a stock...Ch. 11 - Calculating Portfolio Betas You own a portfolio...Ch. 11 - Using CAPM A stock has a beta of 1.15, the...Ch. 11 - Using CAPM A stock has an expected return of 13.4...Ch. 11 - Using CAPM A stock has an expected return of 13.4...Ch. 11 - Using CAPM A stock has an expected return of 11.2...Ch. 11 - Prob. 16QPCh. 11 - Prob. 17QPCh. 11 - Reward-to-Risk Ratios Stock Y has a beta of 1.20...Ch. 11 - Prob. 19QPCh. 11 - Portfolio Returns Using information from the...Ch. 11 - Prob. 21QPCh. 11 - Portfolio Returns and Deviations Consider the...Ch. 11 - Analyzing a Portfolio You want to create a...Ch. 11 - Prob. 24QPCh. 11 - Prob. 25QPCh. 11 - Prob. 26QPCh. 11 - Prob. 27QPCh. 11 - Prob. 28QPCh. 11 - Correlation and Beta You have been provided the...Ch. 11 - CML The market portfolio has an expected return of...Ch. 11 - Beta and CAPM A portfolio that combines the...Ch. 11 - Beta and CAPM Suppose the risk-free rate is 4.7...Ch. 11 - Systematic versus Unsystematic Risk Consider the...Ch. 11 - SML Suppose you observe the following situation:...Ch. 11 - Prob. 35QPCh. 11 - Prob. 36QPCh. 11 - Prob. 37QPCh. 11 - Minimum Variance Portfolio Assume Stocks A and 8...Ch. 11 - Prob. 1MCCh. 11 - Prob. 2MC
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