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What is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?

Andrew Stolz

It helps an investor understand what to expect to earn in relation to the risk-free rate and the market return. CAPM assumes that the minimum a rational investor would earn is the risk-free rate by buying the risk-free asset. Investments are exposed to two types of risk: systematic and unsystematic.

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Beta?! Not just Beta - The Levered Beta!

Equilest

Beta describes the firm's sensitivity to what is happening in the market. Aggressive industries are more sensitive to the market situation—for example - real estate, aviation, and automobile. The Unlevered-Beta (Known also as Unleveraged-Beta) is related to systematic risk. . The answer - is not necessary! What is Beta?

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What Is Cost of Equity?

Andrew Stolz

Risk-free rate . The expected return of the market . The systematic risk of the security (Beta). The market value of the stock . Where R(e) = expected return on investment, Rf = risk-free rate, Rm = expected return of the market, and ?? What Impacts the Cost of Equity? Dividend per share .

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Will Systematic Stewardship Save the Planet?

Reynolds Holding

Emissions are an especially promising target of systematic stewardship. Global warming undoubtedly poses a systematic risk, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be measured and quantified. Capital markets rely on activist hedge funds to devise firm-specific strategies and challenge management to implement them.

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What is Modern Portfolio Theory and Portfolio Risk?

Andrew Stolz

Beta is the risk statistic used to compare the portfolio’s exposure to systematic risk to that of the market. A portfolio with a beta of one is equally exposed to systematic risk as the market. A high beta indicates more risk, while a low beta indicates less risk.

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ESG Investing Clearly Serves Pecuniary Interests

Reynolds Holding

We refer to ESG investing for risk and return benefits—that is, to improve risk-adjusted returns—as risk-return ESG…. 21] Academic studies have found that these “ESG controversies” are quite common, lead to significantly negative returns, [22] and increase the odds that a company will not survive in a competitive market. [23]

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The ESG Gap

Reynolds Holding

As Professor Jeffery Gordon (2022) has recently observed, because institutional investors hold almost the entire market in their portfolio, they are sensitive to systematic risks, and as “universal owners” have a strong interest in reducing inter-firm externalities.