Marginal Thinking Was Simultaneously Discovered by Three Economists-Stanley Jevons, Carl

question 19

True/False

Marginal thinking was simultaneously discovered by three economists-Stanley Jevons, Carl Menger, and Adam Smith.

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Adjusted Beta

A measure that estimates a security's future beta, adjusting for the tendency of a security's historical beta to revert towards the market average of 1.

Security Characteristic Line

A line used in finance to represent the relation between the expected return of a security and the return of the market.

Single-Index Model

A financial model that describes the return of a security or portfolio as a linear function of the return of a single market index, accounting for both the market return and idiosyncratic factors.

Excess Returns

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