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Basic Question 3 of 11

The market risk premium is the ______.

A. difference between the rate of return on an asset and the risk-free rate
B. difference between the rate of return on the market portfolio and the risk-free rate
C. market rate of return

User Contributed Comments 3

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gravy Why isn't it A also? Can't u have market risk premium on a single stock?
yly14 MARKET risk premium. And lets call stock risk premium on a single stock.
davcer gravy A woul be correct for the CAL
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Learning Outcome Statements

explain the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), including its assumptions, and the security market line (SML)

calculate and interpret the expected return of an asset using the CAPM

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 2, Module 2.