Term Flashcards
Market Capitalization
Market-Value of shares: how much would it cost to purchase all shares of a company
Market-Value of shares: how much would it cost to purchase all shares of a company
Market Capitalization
Significance of Market Capitalization
higher price earning ratio => higher expectation of earnings growth
higher price earning ratio => higher expectation of earnings growth
Significance of Market Capitalization
Beta significance
measures the market-wide risk that cannot be eliminated through diversification
measures the market-wide risk that cannot be eliminated through diversification
Beta significance
Beta = 0
value not related to the market
value not related to the market
Beta = 0
Beta = 1
value fluctuates with the market directly
value fluctuates with the market directly
Beta = 1
Beta > 1
value is very sensitive to the market changes
value is very sensitive to the market changes
Beta > 1
Insight of CAPM
- ) Investments return at least risk-free rate
- ) Equity Invest should have higher rate of return
- ) Beta represent risk that cannot be diversified away
- ) Investments return at least risk-free rate
- ) Equity Invest should have higher rate of return
- ) Beta represent risk that cannot be diversified away
Insight of CAPM
Risk-Diversification
spreading out investments to overall reduce risk