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Risk & Return

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Expected Return   weighted avg of all possible returns, weighted by probability that each return will occur  
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Required return   min return necessary to attract investor to buy/hold security  
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Standard Deviation   measures return volatility, measure dispersion of possible outcomes (square root of the variance)  
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Beta Coefficient   measures asset’s systematic risk, how individual stock’s returns vary w/ market returns  
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Beta = 1   asset has SAME systematic risk as overall market  
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Beta > 1   asset has MORE systematic risk than overall market  
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Beta < 1   asset has LESS systematic risk than overall market  
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Variance   (measures volatility) avg squared deviation between actual returns & avg return (sigma squared)  
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Systematic Risk   risk affects large number (non-diversifiable, market risk)  
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Unsystematic Risk   risk affects small number (diversifiable, unique, idiosyncratic)  
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Diversification   assets combined to cancel out unsystematic risks, (from diff sectors)  
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Total Risk =   systematic risk + unsystematic risk  
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Security Market Line   representation of market equilibrium between risk & return  
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SML slope   market risk premium (reward-to-risk ratio)  
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CAPM   defines relationship between risk & return (Capital Asset Pricing Model)  
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Historical Variance   sum squared dev from mean / (number of observations - 1)  
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Total dollar return =   investment income + capital gain (or loss) due to price change  
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Dividend Yield =   income / beginning price  
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Capital Gains Yield =   (end price - begin price)/ begin price  
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Total Percentage Return =   Dividend Yield + Capital Gains Yield  
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Capital Asset Pricing Model   defines relationship between risk & return  
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Risk Premium =   expected return - risk free rate  
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Risk-Free Rate   interest rate of short-term government bonds  
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EMH   Efficient Market Hypothesis  
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Strong Form Efficiency   prices reflect ALL info (public & private)  
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Semi-Strong Form Efficiency   prices reflect PUBLIC info  
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Weak Form Efficiency   reflect PAST market info (price & volume)  
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