CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model is Easy!

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CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model

 

  • CAPM is just a “model” or formula used to calculate COST OF EQUITY

 

  • Cost of Equity is how much an investor “wants” to earn for investing in a company which is more risky than a safe bank deposit (or government bond), and (usually) more risky than investing in the general stock market with a bunch of stocks.

 

  • It’s called a “cost” because that’s how much you should “fairly” pay your investors for investing in your risky company.

 

 

  • Assumes that investing in many stocks is safer than investing in just one company’s stock: “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” sorta thing.. this is called “diversified” risk

 

  • Rationale: An investor would “want” (or “expect”) more income (“return”) for investing in a highly risky company instead of the zero-risk  bank/bond, and also instead of investing in a “medium-risk” general stock market.  Therefore, cost of equity = “expected return”

 

You calculate Cost of Equity using the CAPM or Capital Asset Pricing Model Formula:

Ke = Rf + B (Rm-Rf)

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