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Management · Q773

Financial Management

Graduate and Post Graduate · Management · question 773

Q773

Risk on a stock portfolio which can be reduced by placing it in diversified portfolio is classified as

A.
stock risk
B.
portfolio risk
C.
diversifiable risk
Answer
D.
market risk

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Risk on a stock portfolio which can be reduced by placing it in diversified portfolio is classified as diversifiable risk. Diversifiable risk is the possibility that there will be a change in the price of a security because of the specific characteristics of that security.