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Basic Question 0 of 23
The portion of risk that can be eliminated by diversification is called ______.
B. market risk
C. default risk
A. unique risk
B. market risk
C. default risk
User Contributed Comments 11
User | Comment |
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mtcfa | Shouldn't the answer be B? |
danlan | Market risk is always there, unique risk can be eliminated. |
Rotigga | Unique risk is the risk related to a specific asset. |
ljamieson | Unique risk <=> Asset specific risk I assume |
Crown01 | Unique risk = unsystematic risk also. |
Crown01 | or we can can call unique risk as diversifiable risk |
BigJimStud | think of it this way, how can you ever diversify away market risk when by the very nature of investing you are in the market to begin with? |
thekobe | market risk= systematic risk unique risk = unsystematic risk |
gulfa99 | unsystematic risk = unique risk systematic risk = non unique risk refer to notes |
davcer | market=systematic=non unique=nos diversifiable |
maryprz14 | You can't diversify away the system risk because by investing in the market, you are in the system. haha... sounds like a serious boring quote :D |

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Learning Outcome Statements
calculate and interpret the mean, variance, and covariance (or correlation) of asset returns based on historical data
calculate and interpret portfolio standard deviation
describe the effect on a portfolio's risk of investing in assets that are less than perfectly correlated
CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 2, Module 1.