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Systematic Interest-Rate Risk in a Two-Index Model of Returns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

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In the linear market-index model of the return-generating process, return on security j is given by

where αj and βj are constants characteristic of company j, is return on a market index, and is the company-specific component of return such that and . The coefficient βj is given by . It is known as market responsiveness, volatility, systematic risk, and, more commonly, simply as “beta.” It has been widely accepted as a measure of nondiversifiable risk and incorporated in popular performance measures. Many stock information services now provide estimates of beta.

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Las Vegas Versus the Stock Market
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1974

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