Chapter 18 CAPITAL ASSET PRICING THEORY

What is the capital market line (CML)?

How is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) developed?

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Assumptions of the Capital Asset Pricing Model

Investors have homogeneous expectations
Frictionless capital markets

Investors are rational and seek to maximize their expected utility functions
Investment is for one-period only

All investors can borrow or lend at the riskfree rate

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Efficient frontier and the optimal risky portfolio

Developing the capital market line (CML)
Introducing the riskfree asset. The capital market line (CML) or the borrowing-lending line. The Portfolio Separation Theorem The market portfolio, M
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Figure 18.1 Efficient Frontier

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Figure 18.2 Efficient Frontier and Utility Curves for Investors A and B

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Figure 18.3 Combinations of the Risk-Free Asset RF and Risky Portfolios P1 and P2

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Figure 18.4 Combinations of the Risk-Free Asset RF and the Risky Portfolio M

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Figure 18.5 CML and Individual Utility Curves

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Figure 18.6 CML: The Borrowing-Lending Line

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Capital Asset Pricing Model

Developing a relative risk measure
Understanding beta
Systematic risk or market risk Diversifiable risk or firm-specific risk

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Figure 18.7 CML and Individual Securities

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CAPM derivation
Security risk and return
Reward for investing in a security Security risk Securitys reward-to-risk ratio Risk/return relationship The security market line (SML)

Differences between the CML and SML

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Figure 18.8 Security Market Line (SML)

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CAPM and security analysis

Estimating the required return.
Estimating the predicted return.

Security analysis decision rule.

Comparison with fundamental analysis.

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Estimating Beta
Security characteristic line
Information service beta estimates

Calculating beta: Separating systematic risk from diversifiable risk. Differences between the SML and the security characteristic line
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Good news and bad news about Beta

How reliable are beta estimates?
Does beta really measure risk?

The verdict on beta.

Implications for investors

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Figure 18.9 Security Market Line Analysis

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Figure 18.10 Regression Analysis to Estimate Beta

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