Portfolio Alex Sharpe is an introduction to price Capital Asset Model (CAPM), portfolio diversification and risk management. Sharp is currently the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, but is considering a more active management strategy. Students must assess the risk of two actions it is considering adding to its portfolio. Students are provided with monthly income from stocks and should calculate the standard deviation of individual stocks and portfolios, where one of the stocks added to it. Students should expect a beta stocks using regression and find that the beta appropriate measure of risk for use in decision-making, as risk-averse investors hold stocks in isolation. "Hide
by Colette Southam Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 4 pages. Publication Date: July 11, 2008. Prod. #: 908N20-PDF-ENG
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