Investors often believe that an allocation to ETFs is a great way to
reduce stock specific risk given their broad universe and large diversification in term of sector and country allocation.
Whereas Contract for Difference (CFD) trading protects investors
from stock specific risks or a declining market, choosing to invest heavily in emerging technologies or economies leaves a trader exposed to the threat -LSB-...]
We
limit stock specific risk by usually investing in over 400 stocks and the maximum position size for any individual security is 0.75 %.
Exhibit 1 breaks down the total risk (in variance terms) of the two portfolios
between stock specific risk and systematic / factor risk.
QEP International Value offers investors the potential to generate higher long - term returns with significantly
reduced stock specific risk.
We limit
stock specific risk by usually investing in over 500 stocks and the maximum position size for any individual stock is 0.75 %.
Whereas Contract for Difference (CFD) trading protects investors
from stock specific risks or a declining market, choosing to invest heavily in emerging technologies or economies leaves a trader exposed to the threat of significant losses.
Equity markets are predominately characterized by
stock specific risk.
A coefficient which measures risk - adjusted performance, factoring in
the stock specific risk, rather than the market risk.