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What is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?

Andrew Stolz

If an investor moves money from the risk-free asset into the stock market, they should expect to earn a return in excess of the risk-free rate, what is called an equity risk premium. What Impacts the Capital Asset Pricing Model? Investments are exposed to two types of risk: systematic and unsystematic.