FIN 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Capital Asset Pricing Model, Risk-Free Interest Rate, Risk Premium

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Risk the chance that some unfavorable event will occur. Stand alone risk the risk an investor would face if they only held one asset (measures = standard deviation, coefficient of variation, etc) Probability distribution listings of possible outcomes or events with a probability assigned to each outcome. Expected rate of return (r with ) rate of return expected to be realized from an investment, the weighted average of the probability distribution of possible results. Standard deviation ( ) a standardized measure of the variability of a set of observations, how far actual return deviates from expected return. Coefficient of variation (cv) standard deviation divided by expected return. Risk aversion risk averse investors dislike risk and require higher rates of return as an inducement to buy riskier securities. Risk premium the difference between the expected rate of return on a given risky asset and that on a less risky asset.

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