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Diversification of portfolio can ?

Correct answer: D. reduce idiosyncratic risk

  • A. reduce aggregate risk
  • B. eliminate all risk
  • C. increase the standard deviation of the portfolio's return
  • D. reduce idiosyncratic risk

Explanation

Diversification spreads investments across assets whose individual risks are not perfectly correlated, thereby reducing idiosyncratic or unsystematic risk. It cannot eliminate systematic market risk altogether.

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