The risk of a stock portfolio consists in market risk on the one hand and specific risk on the other. Specific risk is...

a) the general market risk
• b) the risk inherent to an individual stock
  Yes. The risk inherent to an individual stock is called specific risk. The risk inherent to a stock portfolio may be reduced by diversification. However, it cannot be reduced below the systematic risk of the market. Continue

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