diversifiable risk

diversifiable risk (countable and uncountable, plural diversifiable risks)

1. (finance) An investment risk that can be mitigated by diversification of an asset portfolio.
   • 2004, Harvey E. Bines and Steve Thel, Investment Management Law and Regulation (Second Edition), Aspen Publishers, page 412:

     The Comments certainly contemplate that, with respect to uncompensated, diversifiable risk, fiduciaries act with that objective in mind: “[M]ore than conservatism or a duty of caution,” the duty to diversify is a “warning” that a “central feature” of the prudence of risk-taking “ordinarily is the reduction of uncompensated risk through diversification.”

   • 2008, Business Management: A Contemporary Approach, Juta & Co., page 109:

     Diversifiable risk is an asset's risk that is related to a particular business event, such as a strike, and which can be overcome by diversification.

   • 2011, Fundamentals of Investing (Third Edition), Pearson, page 144:

     The risk of an investment consists of two components: diversifiable and non-diversifiable risk. Diversifiable risk, sometimes called unsystematic risk, results from uncontrollable or random events that are company-specific, such as labour strikes, lawsuits and regulatory actions.

• specific risk
• unsystematic risk

• systematic risk
• non-diversifiable risk

• residual risk