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Systemic Risk

Description of Systemic Risk. Explanation.

 

Definition Systemic Risk. Description.

 

Systemic Risk involves all forms of widespread risk that are not particular to a company and which affect all companies or the entire financial system as a whole. Examples include a stock market crash, the breakdown of the entire banking system or the event of a nuclear war.

 

Investors can not protect their investments from this type of risk by diversifying their portfolio.

 

Sometimes also called: Market Risk.

 

Compare with: Non-Systemic Risk  |  Capital Asset Pricing Model  |  Plausibility Theory  |  Hedge  |  Hedging  |  Organizational Resilience

 

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End of description Systemic Risk. An explanation.

 

 

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