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Chapter 8, Problem 8.17P
Learning Goal 5
P8- 17 Total, nondiversifiable, and diversifiable risk David Talbot randomly selected securities from all those listed on the New York Stock Exchange for his portfolio. He began with a single security and added securities one by one until a total of 20 securities were held in the portfolio. After each security was added, David calculated the portfolio standard deviation, σ. The calculated values are shown in the following table
- a. Plot the data from the table above on a graph that has the number of sec unites on the x-axis and the portfolio standard deviation on the y-axis.
- b. Divide the total portfolio risk in the graph into its nondiversifiable and diversifiable risk components, and label each of these on the graph.
- c. Describe which of the two risk components is the relevant risk, and explain why it is relevant. How much of this risk exists in David Talbot’s portfolio?
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