Testing the Capital Asset Pricing Model And the Fama-French Three-Factor Model By Jiaxin Ling (Cindy) March 19‚ 2013 Key words: Asset Pricing‚ Statistical Methods‚ CAPM‚ Fama-French Three-Factor Model Abstract: This paper examines the Capital Asset Pricing Model(CAPM) and the Fama-French three-factor model(FF) and the Fama-MacBeth model(FM) for the 201211 CRSP database using monthly returns from 25 portfolios for 2 periods ---July 1931 to June 2012 and July 1631 to June 2012. The theory’s
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cost of capital of 8.4% that was contradicted to Ford’s cost of capital of 12%. This report points out flaws of Cohen’s assumption and recalculates the WACC to obtain the most accurate cost of capital. In the cost of equity calculation‚ we will use CAPM‚ the dividend discount model (DDM)‚ and the earnings capitalization model (ECM) to see the different in each and suggest the most suitable one. To sum it up‚ Ford is suggested to add Nike’s shares to its portfolio. Cohen’s Flaws According
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return and risk. A. APT stipulates B. CAPM stipulates C. Both CAPM and APT stipulate D. Neither CAPM nor APT stipulate E. No pricing model has found Both models attempt to explain asset pricing based on risk/return relationships. Difficulty: Easy 2. ___________ a relationship between expected return and risk. A. APT stipulates B. CAPM stipulates C. CCAPM stipulates D. APT‚ CAPM‚ and CCAPM stipulate E. No pricing model has found APT‚ CAPM‚ and CCAPM models attempt to explain asset
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DIRECTORS‚ NATURALLY FRESH PLC CONTENTS Page(s) 1. Introduction 3 2. Required Rate of Return on Equity 3 3. Beta 3 4. Capital Asset Pricing Model 4 5.1 Limitations of CAPM 4 5.2 The APT Model 4 5.3 The Three-Factor Model 4 5.4 Required Rate of Return using APT or Three-Factor 5 Model 5. Bonds 5 6.5 How bond prices are determined 5 6.6 The Rate of Return
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regression of CAPM‚ 3-factor‚ 4-factor and 5- factor models are: Variable Names Description MF1_RF Returns of the mutual fund 1 MF2_RF Returns of the mutual fund 2 RM Market Index RF Risk free rate RM_RF CRSP index 1-month T-Bill SMB Small (market capitalization) minus big factor HML High (book-to-market ratio) minus low factor MOM Momentum factor TRADEDLIQ Traded liquidity factor Car hart‚ Mark M. employed two models of performance measurement: CAPM and 4-factor
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decided to use the 5-year note yield because analysts provided information to show that the market would mature after 5 years and paper checks would be nonexistent. Furthermore‚ I had to use the CAPM equation to figure out what my numbers would be for the WACC equation. To show this‚ I used the equation: CAPM = Rf + (Rm-Rf) β Through the use of the case‚ I was able to assume a risk free rate of 3.45% while I used 11.03% for the market risk premium and 0.85 and the beta. This led us to the calculation
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Asset Pricing Model (CAPM): Pros and Cons. CAPM defines the relationship between risk and return. The premise of the model is that the expected investment return varies in direct proportion to its risk‚ i.e.‚ the riskier the investment - the higher the return you should expect. Shows: • how much risk you are taking when investing in an instrument? • whether the instrument is rightly priced • whether you are getting sufficient return for the risk you are taking CAPM calculates the risk-adjusted
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Best Practices in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis Robert F. Bruner‚ Kenneth M. Eades‚ Robert S. Harris‚ and Robert C. Higgins This paper pn ^ents ihns‚ Wn Itujjlini; finunaal advtsi-i’s. lUic -M-ven‚ best selling texlho(>k.\ and trade hooks. The re.sulls show close aligninvn! ainuu-^:‚ all lh< M S‚ y’i’jps an ihc use of common theoreliva! frameworks and on many aspects of estimation. We Jin a ’’an.>( •arunhtn. however‚ for the joint choices oflhe nsk-free rate. heia.
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What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? 1.1 The definition of WACC Weighted average cost of capital(WACC)‚ is a weighted-computational method of analyzing the cost of capital based on the whole capital structure of a firm. The result of WACC is the rate a firm use to monitor the application of the current assets because it represents the return the firm MUST get. For example this rate could
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Number of pages: 12 Daniel Miravet Campos Part 1. Executive summary This article is fundamentally based on the exposition of a new method to calculate the cost of capital for a company (MCPM)‚ to meet the inefficiencies of the current one (CAPM). In valuing any investment project or corporate acquisition‚ executives of a company must compare the cost that operation would require with its expected future cash flows. To do so‚ they must discount those future cash flows with a specific rate
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