1. In order  to minimize this risk, what steps can an investor take?  More  specifically, what would we call this action or activity?
 2. The interpretation of beta.  What does it mean if a beta is less than  1?  What about greater than 1?  How would be interpret these results?
 3. In order to measure the magnitude of the potential loss of an  investment, placing yourselves in the shoes of a financial manager or  investor, what one of these tools would you and others find to be most  beneficial to evaluate this risk?