Standard deviation measures the _____ risk of a security.

A) unique
B) asset-specific
C) systematic
D) total
E) diversifiable

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points from their mean, used in statistics to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a dataset.

Total Risk

The complete spectrum of all types of risk that an investment or project might face, including both systematic and unsystematic risks.