FIN 521 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Systematic Risk, Standard Deviation, Liquidity Risk

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Pure rate of interest: the rate of exchange between future consumption (future dollars) and current consumption (current dollars) This interest rate is established in the capital market by a comparison of the supply of excess income available (savings) to the be invested and the demand for excess consumption (borrowing) at a given time. If the future payment from the investment is not certain, the investor will demand a rate higher than the nominal risk-free rate. The uncertainty of the payments from an investment is the investment risk. The additional return added to the nominal, risk-free rate is called a risk premium. Includes all types of investments, including investments by corporations in plant and equipment and investments by individuals in stocks or shares, bonds, commodities, or real estate. In all cases, the investor is trading a known dollar amount today for some expected future stream of payments that will be greater than the current outlay.

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