The risk affecting a market in general; for example, if the government's monetary and fiscal policies create inflation, price levels rise, affecting the entire market in much the same way, thus creating a systematic risk. Stock index futures can be used to substantially reduce systematic risk. Compare with unsystematic risk. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary
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Also called undiversifiable risk or market risk. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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Risk that cannot be diversified away because it is the risk of movements in the overall market or in the relevant market segment.
► See also Diversification.
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systematic risk UK US noun [C or U] (also market risk)
► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the risk involved in buying any investment of a particular type: »
Group II shares have a higher systematic risk.
Financial and business terms. 2012.