Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

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00:55 Dec 2, 2020
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English term or phrase: Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Definition from Investopedia:
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) describes the relationship between systematic risk and expected return for assets, particularly stocks. CAPM is widely used throughout finance for pricing risky securities and generating expected returns for assets given the risk of those assets and cost of capital.

Example sentence(s):
  • The capital asset pricing model helps you to understand the importance of diversification. Investors who follow the CAPM model choose assets that fall on the capital market line by lending or borrowing at the risk-free rate. M1 Finance
  • The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is based on assumptions. First, the model assumes that a riskier asset will yield a higher return. But this is not necessarily true The strategic CFO
  • The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) builds on the Markowitz mean–variance-efficiency model in which risk-averse investors with a one-period horizon care only about expected returns and the variance of returns (risk). CFA Institute
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4Modèle d'évaluation des actifs financiers (MEDAF)
Jean Dimitriadis


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Modèle d'évaluation des actifs financiers (MEDAF)


Definition from Wikipedia:
Le modèle d'évaluation des actifs financiers (MEDAF), traduction approximative de l'anglais Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), fournit une estimation du taux de rentabilité attendu par le marché pour un actif financier en fonction de son risque systématique.

Example sentence(s):
  • Modèles d’évaluation des actifs financiers dans les marchés boursiers en émergence : identification des facteurs de risque et tests de changement structurel Title of the academic paper. Singular also in the text body. - Erudit.org  
  • Le modèle d'Evaluation des Actifs financiers (MEDAF), développé par Sharpe (1964), Lintner (1965) et Mossin (1966) prévoit une relation linéaire et positive entre le rendement des actifs risqués et leur niveau de risque systématique (bêta). Les premiers travaux de validation empirique du modèle d'évaluation des actifs financiers (MEDAF) sont relativement concluants. - Theses.fr  
  • Le "Capital Asset Pricing Model" (CAPM) ou Modèle d'évaluation des actifs financiers (MEDAF) est le modèle d'évaluation le plus célèbre et le plus utilisé malgré le fait que sa pertinence empirique soit très discutée. - ABCBourse.com  

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Alternative translation found:

Modèle d'équilibre des actifs financiers (Source: Termium)
Jean Dimitriadis
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GreekGreek
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