[THE INVESTOR] On Sept. 13, Mirae Asset Life Insurance (085620) declined 1.52%to 4,220 won (US$3.77). It had declined 5.72% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates variableness, records 1.4% over the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, Mirae Asset Life Insurance was not only satisfactory in investment return among its peer group, but its volatility was also relatively good. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -4.0%. With low volatility, the return-on-risk remained around the average of its peer group. However, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, -3.8, and thus it is hard to say that the industrial comparison performance was positive.