Session 12: Portfolio Management Reading 53: Portfolio Risk and Return: Part II
LOS f: Explain the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), including the required assumptions, and the security market line (SML).
Which of the following is NOT an assumption of capital market theory?
A) |
The capital markets are in equilibrium. | |
B) |
Interest rates never change from period to period. | |
C) |
Investors can lend at the risk-free rate, but borrow at a higher rate. | |
Capital market theory assumes that investors can borrow or lend at the risk-free rate. The other statements are basic assumptions of capital market theory. |