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The weighted average cost of capital (WACC)




               2.2  The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

                             The CAPM enables us to calculate the required return from an
                             investment given the level of risk associated with the investment
                             (measured by its beta factor).


                             Before showing how the CAPM formula can be used to derive k e, we
                             first need to introduce the model and explain the terminology
                             surrounding it.

                             In order to explain how the CAPM works, it is first necessary to
                             introduce the concepts of systematic and unsystematic risk.


                                                    2 types of risk





                                 Systematic risk                        Unsystematic risk

                            Caused by general, macro‐            Caused by factors specific to the

                                economic factors                       company or industry
                           (e.g. recession, interest rates,      (e.g. systems failure, R+D success.
                                 exchange rates)                             strikes)









































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