Financial management- CAPM

Qns:
Discuss the problems that may be encountered in applying the CAPM in investment appraisal.

Ans:
Problems that could have been discussed in connection with applying the CAPM in investment appraisal include:

Ø  Determining the excess market return
Ø  Determining the risk-free rate of return
Ø  Estimation of the equity and overall betas of a company
Ø  Determination of the beta for a project
Ø  The CAPM is a single-period model
Ø  The CAPM is an ex-ante model
Ø  National surrogates for market return may be intentionally inappropriate

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