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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C-corp

A legal structure for a corporation in which the owners or shareholders are taxed separately from the entity, standardized by U.S. federal law.

Government Body

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Vesting

The concept of imposing equity forfeitures on cofounders over a certain period of time on a piecemeal basis should they not stay with the company.

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Situations where shareholders or stockholders must give up their ownership stakes, often due to contractual agreements or failure to meet certain conditions.