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It has been a little over 1 year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers which was the first major event in the downturn of our stock market and economy. In the past year we have witnessed some fairly significant financial events ~ would you categorize these events as the result of systematic or unsystematic risk? Why? (at least 200 word). Thanks.

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It has been a little over 1 year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers which was the first major event in the downturn of our stock market and economy. In the past year we have witnessed some fairly significant financial events ~ would you categorize these events as the result of systematic or unsystematic risk? Why?

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The ongoing recession in the economy is a type of systematic risk because it has affected the entire market. The failure of banks, mortgage crisis and other related events in the recent period are examples of systematic risk because such events triggered a kind of chain reaction and affected the whole market. Such risks were uncontrollable and beyond the ...

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