Which of the following cannot be eliminated through diversification?
I. Stand-alone risk -
II. Unsystematic risk -
III. Systematic risk -
IV. Market risk -
V. Beta risk -
VI. Corporate risk -
VII. Alpha risk -
VIII. Gamma risk -
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A. B. C. D. E.E
Of the various components of asset risk, only systematic risk cannot be diversified away. Systematic risk measures that part of asset risk that is inherent regardless of the level of diversification, and is measured by the Beta coefficient. Systematic risk is also referred to as "market risk" and "beta risk." Corporate risk is defined as the variability of an asset's 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. Stand-alone risk is defined as the variability of an asset's expected returns if it were the only asset of a firm and the stock of that firm was the only security in an investor's portfolio. This type of risk is definitively reduced through diversification, and is commonly referred to as "unsystematic risk."