Q. What is Unsystematic Risks?
Unsystematic Risks stems from a managerial inefficiency, technological change in the production process, availability of raw material, changes in the consumer preference, and labor problems. The nature and magnitude of the above mentioned factors differ from industry to industry, and company to company. They have to be analyzed separately for each industry and firm. The changes in the consumer preference affect the consumer products like television sets, washing machines, refrigerators, etc. more than they affect the iron and steel industry. Technological changes affect the information technology industry more than that of consumer product industry. Thus, it differs from industry to industry. Financial leverage of the companies that is debt-equity portion of the companies differs from each other. The nature and mode of raising finance and paying back the loans involve a risk element. All these factors form the unsystematic risk and contribute a portion in the total variability of the return. Broadly, unsystematic risk can be classified into) Business risk ii) Financial risk