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Capital market theory makes an attempt to explain and forecast how a capital market will behave in the future and this can be done by analyzing the behavior of securities.

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The second assumption of capital market theory is that investors only borrow at a risk free rate. This means that investors are not willing to borrow or invest at a rate that comes with risk. This ...

Domain: Financial services; Category: Finance

The first assumption of capital market theory is that all investors invest efficiently. This means that investors will remain in the investing frontier and will make choices that are rational and ...

Domain: Financial services; Category: Finance

Risk cannot really be defined by a fixed definition or formula but one can certainly calculate it to get a good idea about its implications. One way to do it is by calculating the standard deviation ...

Domain: Financial services; Category: Finance

Risk premium is basically the excess that an investor earns over the risk free rate by investing in a risky asset or stock. It is considered as a reward for the investor who is willing to take a ...

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When standard deviation is squared, it gives the figure of variance. Variance of return can calculated by determining probability-weighted average of squared deviations from the expected value. It is ...

Domain: Financial services; Category: Finance

Standard deviation is a tool that is used to determine how volatile an investment is. Some analysts also call it historical volatility since it predicts future volatility by looking at historical ...

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Average return basically tells how much an investor has earned on his investment on average in a certain year over a certain period. It is calculated by dividing total return on investment by the ...

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