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PM This 8 page paper is written in 3 parts. The first part of the paper looks at risk defining, and then illustrating with examples what is meant by diversifiable risk and non diversifiable risk. The second part of the paper uses CAPM to calculate the expected return and the risk free rates in sample calculation. The last part of the paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of using CAPM. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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File: TS14_TEdiverisk.rtf
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risk; diversifiable and non diversifiable. Non diversifiable risk, or undiversifiable is risk that cannot be avoided by diversifying the portfolio of investment. These are risks that will impact on
the entire classes of assets or liabilities. This type of risk is also known as systematic or market risk. The converse is
diversifiable risk, also known as unsystematic risk. This type of risk is a risk that is more specific to single company, an industry, a market or even a specific economy
or country. These risks can be reduced with a portfolio of investments spread across a broad range of investments. By looking at some examples we can consider what they of
risk they are. a. It is announced that a company is under investigation from the federal government for fraudulent accounting practices. Here there is a risk that
will impact on the one company only; as such this is a diversifiable risk, due to the limited nature of the risk. The impact may be broader than only that
one company. for example, there may be concerns that there will be similar cases in other companies, and as such there may be an additional impact on other companies, this
has been seen to impact on the value of different shares in similar industries or areas,. But even when the wider impact is considered this is still a diversifiable risk
as this will not impact on the majority of investments and the level of exposure is minimal or even zero to many investors that invest in other companies and industries
let alone countries. b. A large hurricanes severely damages two major U.S. cities. This is more difficult to classify, the damage to only two areas may indicate that
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