Since the Market Return Represents the Expected Return on an Average

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Since the market return represents the expected return on an average stock, the market return reflects a certain amount of risk.As a result, there exists a market risk premium, which is the amount over and above the risk-free rate, that is required to compensate stock investors for assuming an average amount of risk.

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Definitions:

Engel Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between a consumer's income and the quantity of a good consumed, keeping all other factors constant.

Total Effect

The overall impact on a dependent variable when one or more independent variables change.

Price Change

An alteration in the cost of goods and services in the market, which can be due to various factors like inflation, supply and demand changes, or external economic conditions.

Normal Good

A type of good for which demand increases when income increases and falls when income decreases, assuming all other factors remain constant.