Since the Market Return Represents the Expected Return on an Average

question 101

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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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