4. Three Ways to Diversify – Illustration Exhibit 9.1 Correlation matrix for regions, sectors and asset classes (1994 –2003) Source: mba.tck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/
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15. Portfolio Risk as a Function of the Number of Stocks in the Portfolio Nondiversifiable risk; Systematic Risk; Market Risk Diversifiable Risk; Nonsystematic Risk; Firm Specific Risk; Unique Risk n In a large portfolio the variance terms are effectively diversified away, but the covariance terms are not. Thus diversification can eliminate some, but not all of the risk of individual securities. Portfolio risk