Financial Risk Types - CPA Business Environment and Concepts (BEC)

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A financial institution is looking to assess its investment portfolio's exposure to price changes. Which of the following techniques would most likely be employed by the institution?

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Price risk is the exposure that an investor has to a decline in the value of a portfolio or individual securities. Being able to understand the value at risk is an important step in managing price risk.

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Portfolio managers develop portfolios of different investments to combine, offset, and thereby reduce overall risk. However, not all risks can be eliminated by development of a portfolio. Risks that cannot be eliminated through diversification are called:

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Risk that cannot be mitigated by diversification is known as systematic risk.

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Which of the following types of risk can be reduced by diversification?

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This risk can be mitigated by diversification. This form of risk is also known as unsystematic risk.

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Managers who anticipate greater return for greater risk are referred to as having what attitude toward risk?

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This behavior describes managers who demand more return on an investment as risk increases.

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If an investor's certainty equivalent is greater than the expected value of an investment alternative, the investor is said to be:

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If an investor is seeking lower return for higher risk, he is risk seeking.

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The numerator for the inventory turnover formula is:

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The inventory turnover ratio is used to determine how effectively an entity can manage its inventory. COGS is relevant to determine this.

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