[THE INVESTOR]  On Sept. 12 KSS Line (044450) rose 2.82%, from Sept. 9, to 16,400 won (US$ 14.73). It had declined 7.46% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates variableness, records 1.2% on the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, even though the monthly volatility of KSS LINE was the lowest, the earnings rate over one month was also the lowest with a decline of stock price. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -6.2%. Though the volatility was the lowest among its peer group, the return-on-risk was the lowest as tumbling of stock price. Moreover, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, -3.6, and thus the industrial comparison performance was not so good.