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WorksheetsDiversification and Risk
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
True or False: Higher risk automatically equates to higher returns.
True
False
Match this definition to the appropriate word: A technique that reduces risk by allocating investments across various financial instruments, industries, and other categories.
Diversification
Risk
Investing
Funds
The more (a) your stocks are, the less risk.
True or False: Stocks and bonds react the same way to adverse events.
True
False
It's important to invest in different ____________. (There is more than one correct answer.)
Industries
Assets
Locations
Credit Cards
What is the minimum amount of different stocks you should have to achieve optimal diversification?
15 to 20
5 to 10
35 to 50
100 to 500
What is another name for market risk?
Systematic risk
Specific risk
Idiosyncratic risk
Diversifiable risk
True or False: Market/Systematic risk cannot be reduced through diversification.
True
False
What is another name for diversifiable risk? (There is more than one correct answer.)
Unsystematic risk
Specific risk
Idiosyncratic risk
Market risk
True or False: Diversification won't prevent a loss.
True
False
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The chance that an outcome or investment's actual gains will differ from an expected outcome or return; includes the possibility of losing some or all of an original investment
Diversification
Risk
Investing
Funds
What is an example of a riskless investment?
(a)
Why do corporations offer a higher rate of return in their investment options?
The risk of investing in a corporation is higher.
Corporations tend to have more money than the government.
Corporations are more generous than the government.
The risk of investing in a government is higher.
Who tends to make riskier investments? Younger people or older people?
Younger people
Older people
Match this definition to the appropriate word: Refers to the viability (whether a company will be able to make a profit) of a business
Business risk
Credit/Default risk
Liquidity risk
Counterparty risk
Interest rate risk
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The risk that a borrower will be unable to pay the contractual interest or principal on its debt obligations
Credit/default risk
Business risk
Political risk
Counterparty risk
Liquidity risk
What type of asset does credit/default risk most affect?
(a)
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The risk that a country won't be able to honor its financial commitments
Country risk
Foreign-exchange risk
Political risk
Counterparty risk
Interest rate risk
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The risk that applies to all financial instruments that are in a currency other than your domestic currency
Foreign-exchange risk
Country risk
Political risk
Counterparty risk
Interest rate risk
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The risk that an investment's value will change due to a change in any interest rate-related event
Interest rate risk
Liquidity risk
Foreign-exchange risk
Business risk
Credit/default risk
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The risk of an investment's return suffering because of political instability or changes in a country.
Political risk
Counterparty risk
Country risk
Foreign-exchange risk
Foreign risk
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The likelihood that one of those involved in a transaction might default on its contractual obligation
Counterparty risk
Liquidity risk
Credit/default risk
Business risk
Interest rate risk
Match this definition to the appropriate word: The risk associated with an investor's ability to transact their investments for cash
Liquidity risk
Foreign-exchange risk
Credit/default risk
Interest rate risk
Cash risk
True or False: Low levels of risk are associated with low potential returns.
True
False
Name 1 of the 11 sectors/industries of the stock market.
(a)
