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Single-stock risk

Risk & psychology
Also called: Idiosyncratic risk

Risk arising from one company rather than from the market — one promoter, one auditor, one large customer.

In plain terms

The asymmetry that justifies different rules for stocks and indices: an index cannot go to zero and an individual stock can.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya