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Discount Rate—Explanation, Definition and Examples

Valutico

To refine the selection of the discount rate, it’s important to draw on inputs from credible sources regarding economic, industry and company specific risk factors. It is often referred to as the “market risk premium.” Small-cap stocks are often considered riskier and may command a size premium.

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What is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?

Andrew Stolz

When an investor buys a particular security, they consider the risk of that security relative to the riskiness of the overall market and adjust the equity risk premium up or down by using Beta. Investments are exposed to two types of risk: systematic and unsystematic. beta of a stock). E(r) = Rf + ??(Rm

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Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question!

Musings on Markets

If you put all your money in one or the other of these companies, you are exposed to all these risks, but if you spread your bets across a dozen or more companies, you will find that company-specific risk gets averaged out. More on that issue in a future data update post.) Cost of equity in US $ for German project = 1% + 1.1