Risk Measures for Asset Variability: Types, Examples, and Analysis

Asset Variability Risk Measures

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Which of the following types of risk measures the variability of an asset's expected returns, assuming that the asset is not the only asset of the company in question while at the same time not taking into consideration the effects of shareholder diversification? Choose the best answer

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Corporate risk is defined as the variability of an assets expected returns without taking into consideration the effects of shareholder diversification. This is one step away from Stand-alone Risk, which measures the risk of an asset not only without taking into consideration the effect of shareholder diversification, but of

Company diversification as well. Stand-alone risk assumes that the asset in question is the only asset of the firm and that the securities of the firm are the only assets in investors' portfolios. Corporate risk takes into consideration that firms will diversify their asset bases.