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capital asset pricing model

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Also known as: CAPM

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Modigliani-Miller theorem

In Merton H. Miller
…Sharpe (who developed the “capital asset pricing model” to explain how securities prices reflect risks and potential returns). The Modigliani-Miller theorem explains the relationship between a company’s capital asset structure and dividend policy and its market value and cost of capital; the theorem demonstrates that how a manufacturing company…
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work of Sharpe

In William F. Sharpe
…Nobel Prize for his “capital asset pricing model” (“CAPM”), a financial model that explains how securities prices reflect potential risks and returns. Sharpe’s theory showed that the market pricing of risky assets enabled them to fit into an investor’s portfolio because they could be combined with less-risky investments. His…
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