The Required Rate of Return Is Payment Given to the Investor

question 39

True/False

The required rate of return is payment given to the investor for forgoing present consumption.

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Definitions:

CAPM

The Capital Asset Pricing Model is a formula that describes the relationship between the expected return of an investment and its risk, used to estimate a security's expected return based on its beta and the market's expected return.

Market Capitalization Rate

The Market Capitalization Rate refers to the expected rate of return on an investment or project, derived from the market price of a company's shares.

Risk-Free Rate

The theoretical rate of return of an investment with zero risk, helping in the calculation of the risk premium of various assets.

Expected Return

The calculated average of the possible returns for an investment, weighted by the likelihood of each outcome.