FIN 3104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: United States Treasury Security, Standard Deviation, Capital Asset Pricing Model

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State 2 x probability in state 2: expected rate of return = (r in state 1 x probability in state 1) + (r in. Risk potential variability in future cash flows. Returns that investors have actually received on different types of securities: common stocks of large companies, common stocks of small companies, long-term corporate bonds, long-tern us government bonds, intermediate-term us government bonds, us treasury bonds. Treasury bill is the least risky because it has a short-term maturity date, price is less volatile than the price of an intermediate. Characteristic line the line of best fit through a series of returns for a firm"s stock relative to the market"s returns: beta relationship between an investment"s returns and the market"s returns. Portfolio beta the relationship between a portfolio"s returns and the market returns: (% of portfolio invested in asset 1 * beta for asset 1) + (% of portfolio invested in asset 2 * beta for asset 2)

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