6. 国际多元化与总体风险Total risk
systematic and unsystematic risk
Total risk may have a negative impact on the firm‘s expected cash flows.
Total risk is likely to affect a firm’s value adversely by leading to lower sales and higher costs.6
7. 国际多元化与总体风险International diversification and total risk
国际多元化与总体风险的关系
International diversification may actually allow firms to reduce the total risk they face.
原来国内企业所面临的系统风险,其中相当大的一部分在国际多元化的条件下成为非系统风险7
8. 国际多元化与总体风险
Much of the general market risk facing a company is related to the cyclical nature of the domestic economy of the home country. Operating in several nations whose economic cycles are not perfectly in phase should reduce the variability of the firm’s earnings.8
9. 国际多元化与总体风险International diversification can reduce the riskiness of an investment portfolio because national financial markets tend to move somewhat independently of each other.
Investors today have options to invest internationally that did not exist in the past.
They can invest in multinational firms, foreign stocks and bonds, securities of foreign firms issued domestically, and mutual funds that hold portfolios of foreign stocks and bonds.9