Balancing risk and return of a portfolio in Malaysia

This paper investigates the effectiveness of diversification concept in a portfolio investment on the Bursa Malaysia Stock Market. Using the sample of 800 stocks and creates 20 portfolios, the findings suggest that the diversification is very effective in reducing the risk associated to a particula...

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Main Author: Ahmad Tarmizi, Md Isa
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31287/1/Ahmad%20Tarmizi%20Bin%20Md%20Isa%20ft.pdf
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Summary:This paper investigates the effectiveness of diversification concept in a portfolio investment on the Bursa Malaysia Stock Market. Using the sample of 800 stocks and creates 20 portfolios, the findings suggest that the diversification is very effective in reducing the risk associated to a particular portfolio investment. The risks of all portfolios have been reduced by 99.75% with the reduction of return by 50.5%