What Is Systematic & Unsystematic Risk ?

Answer Posted / satish kumar

Risk in holding securities is generally associated with
possibility that realized returns will be less than the
returns that were expected.
Systematic risk
Unsystematic risk
Systematic risk refers to that portion of total variability
in return caused by factors affecting the prices of all
securities. Economic, political, and sociological changes
are sources of systematic risk. Their effect is to cause
prices of nearly all individual common stocks and/or all
individual bonds to move together in the same manner.
influences are external to the firm, cannot be controlled,
and affect large numbers of securities
1 Market Risk

2 Interest-Rate Risk

3 Purchasing-Power Risk

Unsystematic risk is the portion of total risk that is
unique to a firm or industry. Factors such as management
capability, consumer preferences, and labor strikes cause
systematic variability of returns in a firm.
Business Risk
Internal Business Risk
a) Fluctuation in sales.
b) Research &Development.
c) Personal Management.
d) Fixed cost.
e) Single product.
External Business Risk
a) Social factor
b) Political Risk
c) Business cycle
Financial Risk

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