Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. The capital asset pricing model ...

One of the key insights of the CAPM is that it answers an important investment question: "What is the expected return if I purchase security XYZ?" The assumption that Sharpe built into the model is ...

CatalanoFact checked by Ryan EichlerKey TakeawaysCAPM estimates the expected returns of an asset based on its risk.CAPM helps finance professionals assess investment profitability.Beta, a key ...

The tradeoff for higher returns is higher risk — right? A new paper argues that factor investing challenges the 50-year-old Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) developed by William Sharpe, which ...