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What is CAPM?

Capital Asset Pricing Model (Sharpe, 1964; Lintner, 1965): cost of equity = risk-free rate + beta × equity risk premium.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Entrepreneurial Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Entrepreneurial Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.