Question

If an investor buys enough stocks, he or she can, through diversification, eliminate all of the unique risk inherent in owning stocks, but as a general rule it will not be possible to eliminate all systemic risk.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Answer: True

Explanation:

Buying enough negatively correlated stock can indeed help in diversification of a Portfolio and this on its own is very important as it reduces risk. The type of risk that it reduces however is Unsystematic risk. This is the unique risk inherent in owing stocks.

Systematic risk which is also called undiversifiable risk however cannot be so easily eliminated. This risk is inherent in the Market  or the Market segment in question and results from a mix of the Economic, Geo-political and Financial factors in the market. As such, it will not be possible to eliminate all systematic risk.