EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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ISBN: 9781337514835
Author: MOYER
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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To define: Risk

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Risk is nothing but the probability of any adverse occurrence of an event. In finance, risk is the probability that an investment will yield real returns or cash flows less than expected.

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To define: Probability distribution.

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Probability distribution describes the approximate probability of each of one or more possible outcomes.

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To define: Standard deviation.

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Standard deviation is a statistical measure of a variable’s dispersion over mean. It is an absolute risk metric, which is defined as the square root of the weighted average square deviations from the mean of individual observations.

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To define: Required rate of return.

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Required rate of return of an investment is the level of demand for return investors, despite the investment risk.

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To define: Coefficient of variation.

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Coefficient of variance is a measure of the inherent risk. It is defined as the ratio of any variable’s standard deviation to the mean.

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To define: Efficient portfolio.

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 A portfolio is efficient if there is no other portfolio with a greater expected return for a given standard deviation, or if there is no other portfolio with a smaller deviation for a given expected return.

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To define: Efficient frontier.

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Efficient frontier consists of an optimal portfolio collection.

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To define: Capital market line.

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Capital market line is a line which joins the risk-free rate and the portfolio of stocks. This shows the probability and projected returns that can be obtained by investing in probability-free investment and the stock portfolio of risky assets in different proportions of one’s wealth.

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To define: Beta coefficient.

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Beta is one indicator of an asset or security’s systematic risk. It is nothing but the ratio of the return covariance for any asset or security j and the market portfolio m to the return variance in the market portfolio.

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To define: CAPM

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CAPM is the Capital Asset Pricing Model, a principle that defines the risk and required return on securities and other assets.

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To define: Correlation coefficient.

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Correlation coefficient is a general statistical measure of the degree to which two sets of numbers appear to shift or differ together, such as the returns from two securities.

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To define: Portfolio.

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Portfolio is nothing but a series of two or more securities or assets.

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To define: Characteristic line.

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Characteristic line is a line of regression that compares the periodic returns on holding periods on a given security to the periodic returns on the stock portfolio.

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To define: Security market line.

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Security market line describes the relationship between systematic risk and the returns expected for individual securities.

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To define: Covariance.

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Covariance is an absolute statistical measure of the degree to which two series of numbers appear to travel together or differ.

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To define: Systematic risk.

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Systematic risk is the portion of the volatility in the return of a security that is caused by conditions that influence the entire market. It is also called as non-diversifiable risk.

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To define: Unsystematic risk.

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Unsystematic risks are the threats specific to an organization. These risks are also called as diversifiable risks.

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