sml

In our latest Week in Financial Education (WIFE), Richie's new video helpfully reviews a series of duration questions, including modified, Macaulay, money duration and price value of basis point (PVBP; aka, PV01). Compared to the FRM, the CFA's approach to duration differs only slightly. The...

Hi all, reading the FRM part I book 1 on CAPM (p. 75) I noticed that the text refers to the relationship between beta and expected return as the Capital Market Line. To me this is wrong as what they are describing is the Security Market Line. There is an important distinction between the two as...

The CML contains ONLY efficient portfolios (and plots return against volatility; aka, total risk) while the SML plots any portfolio (and plots return against beta; aka, systematic risks) including inefficient portfolios. The XLS David used in the video is located here https://trtl.bz/2Fru70r

Hi, These values are taken from the P1.T1.Amnec_Ch4.xls under the RAPM tab. Asset A - 50% Asset B - 50% Covariance (Port, Market) - 0.0135 Beta - 1.062 Expected Return (beta) - 10.4% ( calculated from SML i.e. Rf+Beta*(Rm-Rf) Expected return (checking) - 12.5% ( calculated by taking...

Hi, Under the SML tab in the provided excel sheet for CAPM I could not understand how Covariance (Port, Market) is calculated. Could anyone please help me in understanding the formulae used? Thanks

Hi David, As I read the chapters on CAPM, I'm a bit confused as to what's the relationship between SML, CML and CAPM. The book seem to associate CAPM exclusively with SML, but CML is also in the same chapter. Could you kindly explain a that's the association between CML to CAPM. Is CML also...