Assertion: equity portfolio | /r/CapableOf | reduce unsystematic risk
Facets:
value: effectively
type: MANNER
value: to near-zero levels
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Specifically, diversification allows investors to reduce their exposure to what is referred to as unsystematic risk, which can be said to be the risk associated with a particular company or industry.﻿﻿ Investors are unable to diversify away systematic risk, such as the risk of an economic recession dragging down the entire stock market, but academic research in the area of modern portfolio theory has shown that a well-diversified equity portfolio can effectively reduce unsystematic risk to near-zero levels, while still maintaining the same expected return level a portfolio with excess risk would have.