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Investment Risk and Return

“We cannot control the market but we can control our reaction to it.”

 

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After reading the chapter, you will be able to:

  1. Understand the concept of risk and return.

  2. Estimate the risk and return of a single or multiple or more investment(s).

  3. Discuss the concept of diversification.

  4. Understand the basics of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM).

  5. Discuss the arbitrage pricing theory.

FINANCE IN PRACTICE

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