“Riskier assets outperform less risky assets in the long run” is one of the first principles finance students have to learn. This principle is derived directly from the best-known finance model called the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) that links the return of an asset to the risk of that asset linearly. In this market efficient […]
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