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Which of the following statements is not true regarding diversification?
A well-diversified portfolio should earn the risk-free rate of return |
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A well-diversified portfolio’s risk can be measured by beta |
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A well-diversified portfolio has only market risk |
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A well-diversified portfolio has no unique risk |
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A well-diversified portfolio has stocks whose returns are not perfectly correlated |
There are two kinds of risks, systematic and unsystematic risk. Systematic risk cannot be diversified away and therefore is the risk faced by the entire market. Unsystematic risk is the risk which is firm specific and can be diversified.
Therefore if the portfolio is well diversified, then it should only have the systematic risk.
A well diversified portfolio can have a higher return it is only the risk that is reduced return may even increase, it cant be told based on this information. So this statement is false.