[THE INVESTOR] On Sept. 13, Chokwang Paint (004910) increased 2.13% to 12,000 won (US$10.71). It had declined 2.82% through the past month. Standard deviation, the risk index for stock price, was 2% on the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, even though the monthly earnings rate of Chokwang Paint recorded negative, its volatility for 1 month was proper. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -1.4%. Though the decline rate of stock price declined, the return-on-risk remain high. Moreover, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is much better than the industrial mean, -3.8, and thus the industrial comparison performance was positive.