Strategy Beginner: The Importance of Diversification

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Investment portfolios can be called efficient when they ________.
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Contain the best possible mixes of assets for a specific risk level and return. Efficiency is relative to the kind of objective that you are trying to fulfill.
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What are the two most basic types of risk?
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Systematic and unsystematic. All other types of risk fall into these two categories.
3.
An investor can diversify by investing in different regions of the world.
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True. One can diversify in many ways. Choosing different regions is one way.
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A fall in price of one security in a diversified portfolio may be offset by an increase in price of another.
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True. Problems in one industry may lead people to seek the products or services of another in your portfolio.
5.
When a financial advisor says, "Let's talk about risk and how much you can deal with," he or she is talking about _______.
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Risk tolerance. Risk tolerance is the amount of risk with which you are comfortable.
6.
A portfolio with negatively correlated assets reduces volatility.
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True. When some assets fall in value, others will rise in value, and vice versa.
7.
A slump in one industry can actually help other industries.
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True. In industries that meet similar needs, people may use the products or services of another industry if their preferred one experiences major problems. For instance, if there are problems in the airline industry, transportation needs may be met by driving or using trains.