Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), a Decrease in the Risk

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Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), a decrease in the risk premium will increase the expected rate of return on an individual security. Assume that the security's beta, the risk-free rate of return, and the market rate of return are all positive.

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