Jeffrey Bruner, CFA, uses the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to help identify mispriced securities. A consultant
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Jeffrey Bruner, CFA, uses the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to help identify mispriced securities. A consultant suggests Bruner use arbitrage pricing theory (APT)
instead. In comparing CAPM and APT, the consultant made the following arguments:
a. Both the CAPM and APT require a mean-variance effi cient market portfolio.
b. The CAPM assumes that one specifi c factor explains security returns but APT does not.
State whether each of the consultant’s arguments is correct or incorrect. Indicate, for each incorrect argument, why the argument is incorrect.
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Essentials Of Investments
ISBN: 9780697789945
8th Edition
Authors: Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus
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