What is the difference between systematic and unsystematic risk?
- A Systematic risk affects the whole market and cannot be diversified away; unsystematic risk is firm-specific and can be
- B Systematic risk is firm-specific; unsystematic risk affects the whole market
- C Both can be eliminated through diversification
- D Neither can be reduced by any means
Answer
Systematic risk affects the whole market and cannot be diversified away; unsystematic risk is firm-specific and can be
Diversification removes unsystematic risk, which is why CAPM only compensates investors for systematic risk as measured by beta.





