business diversification, inventory slack, and a longer time to recall are all associated with a less negative stock market … that geographic diversification or financial slack influences the stock market reaction, nor have reactions changed … elements. Managers should be aware of the benefits of greater slack and business diversification while planning their business …

documented that diversification among risky assets in a particular country leads to risk reduction, but the potential gains are … limited due to high correlations within an economy. Therefore, international portfolio diversification, primarily in stocks … contracts to the international dimension. The findings lend support to the arguments in favor of international diversification …

We study the relative diversification potential of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) as compared to the underlying … shares as well as the relative diversification potential of closed-end country funds as compared to the foreign market … underlying shares are more useful for diversification purposes than ADRs and country funds when the U.S. stock market returns are …

This paper presents three definitions of time diversification and analyzes their implications for investment horizons …. Using decision quality criteria and methodology, we question standard advice. In analyzing time diversification with a … minimum of assumptions, we answer two main questions: how to rigorously define time diversification and what conditions favor …