Risk Management

Unsystematic Risk

Definition

Risk specific to an individual security or sector that can be reduced through diversification. Also called idiosyncratic or specific risk.

Example

A company's earnings miss is unsystematic risk that can be mitigated by diversifying across stocks.

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