Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. The capital asset pricing model ...

One of the key insights of the CAPM is that it answers an important investment question: "What is the expected return if I purchase security XYZ?" The assumption that Sharpe built into the model is ...

The tradeoff for higher returns is higher risk — right? A new paper argues that factor investing challenges the 50-year-old Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) developed by William Sharpe, which ...

The Capital Asset Pricing Model, or CAPM, remains the most influential model in finance, largely due to its elegant structure and powerful conclusions. The main conclusions of the CAPM are 1) all ...

This article originally appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Morningstar Magazine. To learn more about Morningstar Magazine, please visit our corporate website. The Capital Asset Pricing Model is one of ...