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The standard deviation or volatility (square root of the variance) of returns.

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The portion of total risk that remains after unacceptable risk has been determined is .?

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How should the measure of risk of an asset be interpreted?

Risk is necessary in the investment world. The absolute measure of risk is the standard deviation which is a statistical measure of dispersion. The distribution curve shows how much an asset can deviate from its expected outcome.


Distingush between systematic and unsystematic risks which is often regarded as the only relevant risk and why?

It is the risk which is due to the factors which are beyond the control of the people working in the market and that's why risk free rate of return in used to just compensate this type of risk in market. This is the risk other than systematic risk and which is due to the factors which are controllable by the people working in market and market risk premium is used to compensate this type of risk. Total Risk = Systematic risk + Unsystematic Risk As systematic risk is beyond the control of people working in market that;s why it is defenately not the relevent risk because anything not controllable is irrelevant and that's why unsystematic risk is the relevant risk because it is in the control of investor to in which security to invest or not.


What are qualitaive quantitative methods for risk management?

Qualitative Risk AnalysisThis is used to prioritize risks by estimating the probability of the occurrence of a risk and its impact on the project.Quantitative Risk AnalysisThis is used to perform numerical analysis to estimate the effect of each identified risk on the overall project objectives and deliverables.


Which step in composite risk management is adtp-tl used?

ADTPTL is a protocol that is used during the Identify Hazards phase of composite risk management.