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Basic Question 5 of 5

The security characteristic line is ______.

A. used to derive the total risk of an asset
B. the SML
C. used to derive the systematic risk of an asset
D. the typical Markowitz efficient frontier

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danlan It's not the SML. Its slope is beta, while in SML, beta is the independant variable.
thekapila its a regression method. which is mathematically = y = mx +c
here for SML.we have rf + B(Rm - rf) representig the line which can beused to derive B
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Learning Outcome Statements

describe and demonstrate applications of the CAPM and the SML

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