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With reference to Discounted Cash Flow Analysis of Investment Projects, what does the acronym "CAPM" stand for ?

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Date Posted: 2014/09/19
Anayatullah Tahir
by Anayatullah Tahir , Finance Manager , Etqan Projects

Capital Assets Pricing Model

Shamel Rashad, CMA
by Shamel Rashad, CMA , Advisor to the Chairman on Financial Control , Bavaria Egypt

CAPM = Capital Asset Pricing Model.

 

A method used for evaluating investment opportunities, where the Risk Free Rate is added to the Risk Premium.

 

R = RF + B (RM - RF)

 

Where:

R = Expected Rate of Return (The minimum return an investor will accept for said investment)

RF = Risk Free Rate (Usually Interest on Treasury Bills are loosely used)

RM = Market Return (Average Return Generated by the Market)

B = Beta Co-efficient (Volatility of Returns of a Security of Portfolio)

 

Generally speaking, a solid investment is one which generates higher returns than investments carrying the same level of risk.

I agree with Professor George

georgei assi
by georgei assi , مدير حسابات , المجموعة السورية

CAPM: a very important tool to help in the analysis of the relationship between risk and return for securities

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Cost of equity is basically what it costs the company to maintain a share price that is satisfactory (at least in theory) to investors. The most commonly accepted method for calculating cost of equity comes from the Nobel Prize-winning

CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL(CAPM), 

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